Here are the average sunshine hours per day. In fact, more or less widespread cloudiness can form, either in the rainy season (June to October) or in the first period of the trade winds (November-December), but also in the period of cold fronts from the United States (December to February, and sometimes the first half of March). The amount of sunshine in Playa del Carmen is good from March to May, while it is only decent in the rest of the year. In the period from June to November, but especially from August to October, Playa del Carmen, like the rest of the Caribbean area, can be affected by hurricanes, the tropical cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean, which rarely affect a given place but are dangerous because they can bring strong winds and heavy rains. On these occasions, the temperature can drop to 13/15 ☌ (55/59 ☏) at night and remain around 20/22 ☌ (68/72 ☏) during the day. Owing to the prevalence of easterly winds all year round (which are a bit cooler in the period from December to March and hotter and more humid from May to October), temperatures in the Riviera Maya do not vary significantly throughout the year, but the tourists who intend to go to the interior of Yucatán, in search of Mayan archaeological sites, should know that in the period from March to May, that area is really hot.ĭuring winter, from December to mid-March, Playa del Carmen, like the rest of the Riviera, can be reached by a cool wind from the northwest, the Norte, preceded by clouds and some rain. Playa Del Carmen - Average precipitation Month However, the rains fall in the form of downpours or thunderstorms, short and intense, which do not reduce the sunshine hours by much.
In May, November and December, ie before and after the rainy season, there can be showers as well: those of May are due to the increase in temperature, which is already noticeable, while those of November-December are due to the fact that after the summer, the sea is still warm, so the northeast trade winds reach the coast after picking up heat and moisture from the sea.
In the rainy season, there are two peaks in rainfall: at the beginning (June) and the end (September-October), while the rains diminish a bit in July and August, when they don't reach 150 mm (6 in) per month. Rainfall amounts to 1,400 millimeters (55 inches) per year. Playa Del Carmen - Average temperatures (1991-2020) Month
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