According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Mexico is December to April. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for Mexico
- Best months
- December to April
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- North & Central America
What Mexico is best for
Maya ruins, vibrant street food, colonial towns, Mexico City's museums, and world-class Caribbean beaches.
- Prices
- €€ · about the same as in Slovakia
Weather in Mexico by month
Monthly averages around Mexico City; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 10 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| February best | about 12 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| March best | about 14 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| April best | about 16 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| May | about 17 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| June | about 16 °C | a lot of rain (135 mm) |
| July | about 15 °C | a lot of rain (150 mm) |
| August | about 15 °C | a lot of rain (150 mm) |
| September | about 14 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| October | about 13 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| November | about 12 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| December best | about 11 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Mexico
- Capital
- Mexico City
- Language
- Spanish
- Currency
- Mexican Peso (MXN)
- Time
- UTC−8 to UTC−5 (several time zones)
- Plugs
- Type A, B · 127 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +52
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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