O que acontece em Cancún (Riviera Maya), México, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Dry season

• Regra

  Visitor tax and park fees

  1 Jan – 31 Dez

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: The nortes (1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year peak (18 Dez – 5 Jan)

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, US spring break

• Feriado

  US spring break

  25 Fev – 5 Abr · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), The nortes (1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, US spring break

• Feriado

  Semana Santa and Pascua

  29 Mar – 12 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Equinox at Chichén Itzá

  20–21 MarGrande festivalLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), US spring break (25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, US spring break

• Temporada

  Sargassum season

  1 Abr – 30 Set · normalmenteRisco

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), US spring break (25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)), Semana Santa and Pascua (29 Mar – 12 Abr), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — entre os picos

• Natureza

  Sea turtle nesting

  1 Mai – 31 Out · 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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente))

Tranquilo — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos piores meses em clima

• Risco

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

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

• Natureza

  Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres

  15 Jun – 15 SetTemporada de mergulhoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente))

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, Mexican summer holidays

• Feriado

  Mexican summer holidays

  15 Jul – 31 Ago · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 Jun – 15 Set)

Tranquilo — o mês tranquilo segundo a editoria, Mexican summer holidays

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 Jun – 15 Set), Mexican summer holidays (15 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sargassum season (1 Abr – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea turtle nesting (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Whale sharks off Isla Mujeres (15 Jun – 15 Set)

Meia-estação — entre os picos

• Festival

  Hanal Pixán

  31 Out – 2 NovFesta 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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Sea turtle nesting (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Dry season

• Temporada

  The nortes

  1 Nov – 28 Fev · normalmenteTemporada de ventoRisco

  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. Fonte ↗

• Temporada

  Dry season

  15 Nov – 30 Abr · normalmenteLotado

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Hanal Pixán (31 Out – 2 Nov)

Lotação máxima — o mês de pico segundo a editoria, Dry season

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18 Dez – 5 JanNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Visitor tax and park fees (1 Jan – 31 Dez), The nortes (1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Dry season (15 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente))