Weather in Cancún in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 27.4 °C, lows 23.8 °C, and rain falls on 13 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 6 of 12 in Cancún: past the worst of the year but short of February, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 13 days, 4 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 3.6 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 30.5 °C and the coldest night fell to 18.4 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 100 mm — roughly 81% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 6 mm in the driest year against 324 mm in the wettest, around an average of 124 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 9 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 79%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 28.8 °C in October, 27.4 here, 26.8 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 8 days fewer than October had.

Daylight in November

November sits at the dark end of Cancún's year — 11.1 hours of daylight against 13.4 at midsummer, losing 0.4 hours across the month. Sightseeing days are genuinely shorter, and an itinerary built for summer will not fit.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 26.9 °C in November — warm enough to stay in as long as you like. The sea peaks at 29 °C in August and bottoms out at 25.1 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself. November is the value pick for Cancún: it scores within 13 points of February without carrying February's prices.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Cancún versus nearby

If Cancún is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Mérida is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 4 days less rain. Key West is a better bet in November — within a degree on temperature, 5 days less rain.

So: November works, with February the better month by 13 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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