What's on in Tulum, Mexico through the year

Peak crowds — Christmas and New Year peak, Jungle festival season

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dec – 5 Jan), Jungle festival season (26 Dec – 15 Feb (usually))

Peak crowds — Spring break, Jungle festival season

• Holiday

  Spring break

  25 Feb – 5 Apr · usuallySchool holidaysCrowded

  March brings the North American student crowd down the coast, mostly to the beach road hotels rather than the pueblo where everyone actually lives and eats. Source ↗

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)), Jungle festival season (26 Dec – 15 Feb (usually))

Busy — Spring break, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Spring break (25 Feb – 5 Apr (usually)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))

Busy — Spring break

• Season

  Sargassum season

  1 Apr – 30 Sep · usuallyRisk

  Brown weed comes ashore on this east-facing coast from April, worst between May and August. Hotels rake their own frontage at dawn and the public beach below the ruins takes what it gets.

Still on: Spring break (25 Feb – 5 Apr (usually)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Nature

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 May – 31 Oct

  Greens and loggerheads nest along the beach road and at Xcacel from May, with hatchling releases into October. The lighting rules on the beachfront exist for this and are patchily obeyed.

Still on: Sargassum season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The Atlantic season runs June to November, with the Yucatan's real risk between mid-August and mid-October. The beach hotels here are thatch and timber and they strip them when one is coming. Source ↗

Still on: Sargassum season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct)

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

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Sargassum season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

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

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Sargassum season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Sargassum season (1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Season

  Dry season

  15 Nov – 30 Apr · usually

  Cooler, drier and the water in the cenotes at its clearest, which is also when a beach cabana costs three times what it does in September. The ruins are best at opening time either way.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Peak crowds — Christmas and New Year peak, Jungle festival season

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dec – 5 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  The most expensive fortnight of the year on this coast, booked months ahead, with the beach road at a standstill and set menus everywhere on the two big nights. Source ↗

• Festival

  Jungle festival season

  26 Dec – 15 Feb · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Multi-day electronic events run in the jungle and at cenotes between Christmas and mid-February, and they are why room rates in that window read like Ibiza in August. Dates move each year. Source ↗

Still on: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually))