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Cancún in February

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Cancún is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Cancún is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
11h 25mon average

Is February a good time to visit Cancún?

Yes. February is one of Cancún's best months (January to April).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in February, against 81°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in February, against 27°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in February, against 22% to 80% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in February, against 30% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

11h 25m in February, against 10h 52m to 13h 24m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January81°27°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. February82°28°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March84°29°low 74°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Cancún sits, in February

America/Cancun
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:18 AMsets 6:45 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
21.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Solidaridad61 km south-west

The land around Cancún, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mexico in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Cancún

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 8 km north-west of Cancún. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.