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Tulum in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Tulum is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 56 minutes.December in Tulum is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 56 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
10h 56mon average

Is December a good time to visit Tulum?

Yes. December is one of Tulum's best months (December to March).

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in December, against 82°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in December, against 30% to 83% through the year.

Cloud cover

36% cover in December, against 29% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

10h 56m in December, against 10h 56m to 13h 20m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November85°29°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. December83°28°low 73°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January82°28°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Tulum sits, in December

America/Cancun
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:17 AMsets 6:12 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
20.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Solidaridad62 km north-east

The land around Tulum, shaded by its typical high in December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Tulum

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Tulum. 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.