Qué hay en Cancún (Riviera Maya), México, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Dry season

• Norma

  Visitor tax and park fees

  1 Ene – 31 Dic

  Quintana Roo charges every foreign visitor a state tourism fee, paid online before you fly out, and the marine parks off Isla Mujeres and Cozumel add their own per-day charge on the boat. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: The nortes (1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dic – 5 Ene)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, US spring break

• Festivo

  US spring break

  25 Feb – 5 Abr · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  American universities empty into the hotel zone for most of March. The beach clubs run at capacity, the flights are full, and the quieter Yucatán towns behind Cancún are barely affected. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), The nortes (1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, US spring break

• Festivo

  Semana Santa and Pascua

  29 Mar – 12 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteReserva prontoCierres

  Holy Week and the Easter week after it are Mexico's main spring break: schools close, domestic travellers fill hotels and long-distance buses, rates rise, and many offices and shops shut on Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Equinox at Chichén Itzá

  20–21 MarGran festivalMucha gente

  Late on the equinox afternoon the stepped edge of El Castillo throws seven triangles of light down the north stairway, finishing at the serpent's head. Tens of thousands come for it over three days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), US spring break (25 Feb – 5 Abr (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, US spring break

• Temporada

  Sargassum season

  1 Abr – 30 Sep · normalmenteRiesgo

  Rafts of brown seaweed pile up on the east-facing beaches, worst between May and August. It rots fast and smells, hotels rake it at dawn, and the north-facing beaches at Isla Mujeres usually escape it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), US spring break (25 Feb – 5 Abr (normalmente)), Semana Santa and Pascua (29 Mar – 12 Abr), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — entre los picos

• Naturaleza

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 May – 31 Oct · normalmente

  Loggerheads and greens come up the hotel-zone beaches at night through the summer and the hatchlings run from August. Beach lighting is dimmed and the nests are fenced; the releases are run by the hotels. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Riesgo

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The Atlantic season runs June to November, with most activity between mid-August and mid-October. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres

  15 Jun – 15 SepTemporada de buceoReserva pronto

  Hundreds of whale sharks gather to feed north of Isla Mujeres and the permitted swim season runs from mid-June to mid-September, July being the densest. It is a three-hour boat day in open water, often a rough one. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Mexican summer holidays

• Festivo

  Mexican summer holidays

  15 Jul – 31 Ago · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Domestic school holidays fill the hotel zone with Mexican families, which is a different and cheaper crowd than spring break but the same queue at Xcaret. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 Jun – 15 Sep)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Mexican summer holidays

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 Jun – 15 Sep), Mexican summer holidays (15 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 Jun – 15 Sep)

Temporada media — entre los picos

• Festival

  Hanal Pixán

  31 Oct – 2 NovFiesta religiosa

  The Yucatán's own Day of the Dead: altars in the houses, cemeteries lit at night, and mucbipollo baked in a pit oven. Mérida and the inland towns do it properly; the hotel zone does a version. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Dry season

• Temporada

  The nortes

  1 Nov – 28 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de vientoRiesgo

  Cold fronts push down the Gulf every couple of weeks through the winter and bring two or three grey, blustery days with a chopped-up sea and the ferries to Isla running rough. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Dry season

  15 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteMucha gente

  The trade winds settle, the water goes clear over the reef, and the beaches are free of weed. It is also when everything costs the most and the reef sites are busiest.

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Hanal Pixán (31 Oct – 2 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Dry season

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The most crowded and most expensive fortnight of the year, booked out months ahead. Restaurants run set menus and the transfer roads from the airport back up all afternoon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Ene – 31 Dic), The nortes (1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))