Climate · Tulum

Tulum in January

Warm and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Tulum is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Tulum is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 46% of days
Daylight
11h 03mon average

Is January a good time to visit Tulum?


Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

46% of days in January, against 30% to 83% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in January, against 29% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

11h 03m in January, against 10h 56m to 13h 20m through the year.

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

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  1. December83°28°low 73°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January82°28°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February83°28°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Tulum sits, in January

America/Cancun

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:28 AMsets 6:29 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days

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.