Climate averages 1991–2020

Playa del Carmen weather
in November.

A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 23.4°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 84 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Playa del Carmen · average highYear overview

November is a warm month in Playa del Carmen: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 10 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cozumel (20 km away). In November its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Playa del Carmen, with 103 mm of rain.

Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Playa del Carmen ranks joint 32nd of 153 for the warmest November highs and 138th of 153 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 153 cities is 24.1°C; Playa del Carmen is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 54 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Playa del Carmen climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Playa del Carmen, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.7°C21.9°C21.9°C5510.511.011 h
February 26.4°C22.4°C22.4°C276.511.511 h
March 27.1°C22.9°C22.9°C275.812.012 h
April 28.5°C24.2°C24.2°C325.912.613 h
May 29.3°C25.1°C25.1°C8211.613.113 h
June 29.4°C25.7°C25.7°C15417.213.413 h
July 30.0°C26.1°C26.1°C8014.113.313 h
August 30.1°C26.1°C26.1°C9916.712.813 h
September 29.6°C25.6°C25.6°C16621.712.312 h
October 28.4°C24.6°C24.6°C18819.611.712 h
November, selected 27.1°C23.4°C23.4°C8411.911.211 h
December 26.2°C22.5°C22.5°C5410.610.911 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

November in nearby cities

Distance from Playa del Carmen

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Playa del Carmen) is explained once on the Playa del Carmen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.