Cancun Weather Cancun weather boasts year round sunshine making it ideal for a vacation at any time of year. Cancun weather is tropical and humid with year round sunshine. The temperature ranges from 20° to 30° C (68° to 86° F) from October through to March and from 22° to 33° C (75° a 91° F) from April to September.
The months of September and October, at the end of the wet season, generally see the most rainfall. These months can see over 200mm of rain. However, because this rainfall often occurs in short but heavy tropical downpours, even these months see a lot of blue sky. Rainstorms often last just a couple of hours before sunshine and blue sky returns.
Cancun Airport Cancun Airport handles the second largest volume of traffic in Mexico therefore the security levels are very high. There are some duty free shops and gift shops available.
Getting Around Cancun It is very easy and cheap to get around Cancun by bus. You can catch a bus to most places within Cancun and there is a bus every hour from Cancun Airport to Downtown Cancun. From the Cancun bus terminal in downtown Cancun you will find regular services to all parts of Mexico. You can always find a taxi in Cancun, but make sure you check the fare before you get in. A list of regular fares can be found in the lobby of most hotels or you can ask the concierge.
Cancun Time Zone Cancun time zone is six hours earlier than Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Cancun Currency The official currency in Cancun is the Mexican peso but American dollars are also widely accepted. Banks are open Monday-Friday from 9am to 4pm but there are exchange houses found all over Cancun that are open much later. |