Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Cancún (Riviera Maya), Mexico

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Dry season

• Regel

  Visitor tax and park fees

  1 jan – 31 dec

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: The nortes (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 dec – 5 jan)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, US spring break

• Feestdag

  US spring break

  25 feb – 5 apr · meestalSchoolvakantiesDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), The nortes (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, US spring break

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa and Pascua

  29 mrt – 12 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Equinox at Chichén Itzá

  20–21 mrtGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), US spring break (25 feb – 5 apr (meestal)), Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, US spring break

• Seizoen

  Sargassum season

  1 apr – 30 sep · meestalRisico

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), US spring break (25 feb – 5 apr (meestal)), Semana Santa and Pascua (29 mrt – 12 apr), Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in

• Natuur

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 mei – 31 okt · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), Sargassum season (1 apr – 30 sep (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Risico

  Hurricane season

  1 jun – 30 nov

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

• Natuur

  Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres

  15 jun – 15 sepDuikseizoenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), Sargassum season (1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Sea turtle nesting (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal))

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Mexican summer holidays

• Feestdag

  Mexican summer holidays

  15 jul – 31 aug · meestalSchoolvakantiesDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), Sargassum season (1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Sea turtle nesting (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 jun – 15 sep)

Rustig — de rustige maand volgens de redactie, Mexican summer holidays

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), Sargassum season (1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Sea turtle nesting (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 jun – 15 sep), Mexican summer holidays (15 jul – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), Sargassum season (1 apr – 30 sep (meestal)), Sea turtle nesting (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 jun – 15 sep)

Tussenseizoen — tussen de pieken in

• Festival

  Hanal Pixán

  31 okt – 2 novReligieus feest

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), Sea turtle nesting (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Dry season

• Seizoen

  The nortes

  1 nov – 28 feb · meestalWindseizoenRisico

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Dry season

  15 nov – 30 apr · meestalDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Hanal Pixán (31 okt – 2 nov)

Topdrukte — de drukste maand volgens de redactie, Dry season

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 dec – 5 janKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Visitor tax and park fees (1 jan – 31 dec), The nortes (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Dry season (15 nov – 30 apr (meestal))