Bacalar (Laguna Bacalar) weather by month

The best time to visit Bacalar (Laguna Bacalar) is December to February — 80/100 in February, 30°C and 8 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, November to May (74/100 on average).

The worst month is June at 53/100 — sweltering, soaked, clean air. See June →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Mexico →

Bacalar🇲🇽 Mexico · Yucatán & Belize · City80
  1. 79Jan
  2. 80Feb
  3. 76Mar
  4. 72Apr
  5. 66May
  6. 53Jun
  7. 63Jul
  8. 59Aug
  9. 57Sep
  10. 61Oct
  11. 71Nov
  12. 77Dec

Best season: November to May (74/100 on average) · worst June (53/100)

Days
30°C
Nights
21°C
Wet days
8
Sun
9.9 h
Humidity
78%
Daylight
12 h
Bacalar, Mexico
Photo: Carlos Bedoy · Pexels

Bacalar, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Bacalar is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan79B30°C11 d9 hBusy2
Feb80A30°C8 d10 hPeak3
Mar76B32°C6 d11 hPeak3
Apr72B33°C6 d12 hPeak2
May66C33°C12 d11 hShoulder—
Jun53D33°C21 d10 hQuiet1
Jul63C33°C21 d11 hShoulder1
Aug59D33°C23 d11 hBusy2
Sep57D33°C25 d10 hQuiet1
Oct61C32°C21 d10 hShoulder1
Nov71B31°C13 d9 hShoulder2
Dec77B30°C12 d9 hBusy2

What's on in Bacalar through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

February
  • Carnaval de Bacalar5 Feb – 5 Mar (usually)Festival
March
  • Semana Santa and Pascua29 Mar – 12 AprHoliday
June
  • Atlantic hurricane season1 Jun – 30 NovHazard
August
  • Feria de San Joaquín13–18 AugFestival
November
  • Nortes season1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Season
December
  • Dry high season15 Dec – 15 AprSeason

Everything on in Bacalar through the year →

Crowds in Bacalar in February

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Peak crowdsCarnaval de Bacalar, Dry high season(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Traveller notes on Bacalar

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters place January inside the more pleasant November-April stretch here - less humid and hot than summer, and correspondingly fewer mosquitoes around the famous Lagoon of Seven Colors. Days are typically sunny and warm, with pleasantly cool nights, though posters note a passing cold front can occasionally bring a properly chilly night and grey, drizzly skies - February sees this more often than January, but it's not ruled out either month. Hurricane risk, a real consideration in the surrounding region from June through November, is essentially off the table by January, one more reason posters favor this month for lagoon swimming and boat trips.
Tripadvisor community · January · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Yucatán coast forum threads describe July as hot and humid with daytime highs around 33C, right around when the 'canícula' - the year's hottest, driest stretch - typically begins in mid-month. It's technically wet season, but posters were consistent that forecasts predicting daily storms don't match reality; when rain does show up it's usually overnight or a brief afternoon shower rather than an all-day event. Hurricane risk in July specifically stays low, picking up more in the following months.
LagoonOfSevenColorsRegular · July · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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