Bacalar (Laguna Bacalar) weather in November
November in Bacalar: sweltering, a little rain, with clean air — fine if you can take 35°C afternoons.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#6 of 12 months in Bacalar · #753 of 1413 destinations to visit in November · comfort 71/100 (tier B)
- Days
- 31°C
- Nights
- 22°C
- Wet days
- 13
- Sun
- 9.3 h
- Humidity
- 84%
- Daylight
- 11 h

Traveller notes on Bacalar in November
Notes from nearby Caye Caulker (111 km away)
Bacalar doesn't have its own notes for November yet — these are about Caye Caulker, close enough to share the season.
Caye Caulker-forum threads on November weather are consistent that it's technically inside the rainy season but rarely feels like it day to day: rain doesn't fall every day or all day, arriving instead as a brief shower, often overnight, so mornings tend to stay clear and sunny. Posters call the month variable but mainly sunny overall, and the sea itself stays calm and warm, genuinely comfortable for swimming even with rain technically on the books. The general consensus is not to overthink November's rainy-season label - the actual lived experience most visitors report is closer to a normal tropical month with an occasional wet interruption than a washout. The record: 28.7C days feeling like a sticky 34C, 23.6C nights, a notably high 192mm across 19.6 days, 86 percent humidity, a 28.4C sea and 9.2 hours of sun - wetter by the numbers than the forum's easygoing framing suggests.
Other months in Bacalar
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.
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.
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Bacalar climate normals — November
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Bacalar in November
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.
Shoulder seasonan ordinary month(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Bacalar's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherBacalar's weather peaks December–February.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Bacalar in November
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Hazard
Atlantic hurricane season
1 Jun – 30 NovSouthern Quintana Roo sits on the western Caribbean track and September is the busiest fortnight of it. Inland on the lagoon you get the rain and the wind rather than the surge, but the road to Chetumal floods. Source ↗
- Season
Nortes season
1 Nov – 28 Feb · usuallyWind seasonCold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days. The lagoon churns up and loses its colour until the wind drops, which is the one thing people come for. Source ↗
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Bacalar — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Bacalar?
Bacalar in November — FAQ
- Is November a good time to visit Bacalar?
- November in Bacalar: sweltering, a little rain, with clean air — fine if you can take 35°C afternoons. It ranks #6 of 12 months for Bacalar on SeasonMap's comfort score (71/100).
- What is the weather like in Bacalar in November?
- In November, Bacalar averages a daily high of 30.8°C and a low of 22°C, with about 73.6 mm of rain over roughly 13.2 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Bacalar in November?
- Bacalar has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 25 in November.
Within 300 km: Caye Caulker's Lobster season opens on 15 Jun – 14 Feb, and Valladolid's Hanal Pixan on 31 Oct – 2 Nov.