What's on in Acapulco, Mexico through the year

Busy — Christmas and New Year, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Christmas and New Year (15 Dec – 6 Jan)

Busy — Abierto Mexicano Telcel

• Festival

  Abierto Mexicano Telcel

  23–28 FebMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  The ATP 500 hard-court week at the Arena GNP in the Diamante zone, played at night to duck the heat. It is the one week of the year that fills the Diamante hotels with people who did not come for the beach. Source ↗

Busy — Semana Santa, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Semana Santa

  20 Mar – 20 Apr · usuallyEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook early

  The biggest domestic week of the year: Mexico City empties onto the bay and the Zona Dorada beaches run shoulder to shoulder. The Autopista del Sol in from the capital is the bottleneck, not the hotels. Source ↗

Still on: Abierto Mexicano Telcel (23–28 Feb)

Busy — Semana Santa

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Semana Santa (20 Mar – 20 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Eastern Pacific hurricane season

  15 May – 30 Nov

  The official season runs from mid-May to the end of November, with September and October the active weeks. Otis in 2023 went from tropical storm to a category five landfall here in under a day, and the coast has not forgotten it. Source ↗

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Eastern Pacific hurricane season (15 May – 30 Nov)

Busy — Mexican summer holidays, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Mexican summer holidays

  10 Jul – 30 Aug · usuallySchool holidaysCrowded

  School is out across the country and the bay fills again with families driving down from the interior. It is the wettest stretch of the year, so the crowds come in waves between afternoon storms. Source ↗

Still on: Eastern Pacific hurricane season (15 May – 30 Nov)

Busy — Mexican summer holidays, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Eastern Pacific hurricane season (15 May – 30 Nov), Mexican summer holidays (10 Jul – 30 Aug (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Eastern Pacific hurricane season (15 May – 30 Nov)

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Eastern Pacific hurricane season (15 May – 30 Nov)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Eastern Pacific hurricane season (15 May – 30 Nov)

Busy — Christmas and New Year, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year

  15 Dec – 6 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  The dry season at its best and the port at its fullest, running to Three Kings on 6 January. Rates roughly double, the fireworks over the bay on the 31st are the set piece, and everything needs booking well ahead. Source ↗