Qué hay en Playa del Carmen, México, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas and New Year peak, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

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

Concurrido — US spring break

• Festivo

  US spring break

  25 Feb – 5 Abr · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  March fills Quinta Avenida with American students working their way down from Cancun. The beach clubs run at capacity and the town's quieter blocks west of the avenue are barely touched by it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — US spring break, Semana Santa and Pascua

• 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 ↗

Sigue en marcha: US spring break (25 Feb – 5 Abr (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, US spring break

• Temporada

  Sargassum season

  1 Abr – 30 Sep · normalmenteRiesgo

  Brown seaweed piles up on the east-facing sand, worst from May to August. Hotels rake their own stretch at dawn; the public beaches wait, and it rots fast enough to smell by afternoon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: 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 — un mes normal

• Naturaleza

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 May – 31 Oct

  Loggerheads and greens nest on the strip between Playa and Xcacel from May, with hatchling releases into October. Nests are roped off and the beachfront lights are meant to be shaded.

Sigue en marcha: 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 almost all of the Yucatan's activity between mid-August and mid-October. Most weeks pass with nothing more than a wet afternoon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — Day of the Dead

• Festival

  Day of the Dead

  30 Oct – 2 NovFiesta religiosaMucha gente

  The Yucatec version, Hanal Pixan, is a family and cemetery affair rather than a parade. Xcaret's ticketed festival south of town stages it at scale over four nights and sells out early. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sea turtle nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Concurrido — Day of the Dead

• Temporada

  Dry season

  15 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmente

  The trades settle, the cenotes and the reef go clear, and the beach is usually free of weed. It is also when a room costs double what it does in September.

Sigue en marcha: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Day of the Dead (30 Oct – 2 Nov)

Concurrido — Christmas and New Year peak, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dic – 5 EneNavidad y Año NuevoMucha genteReserva pronto

  Mexican and North American holidays land on the same fortnight, the most expensive of the year here. The highway from Cancun airport backs up all afternoon and restaurants move to set menus. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))