🇲🇽 Weather in Cancún in February
This is what the weather in Cancún (Mexico) was like in February in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
27.7 °C
26.9 °C – 28.7 °C
Avg. night-time low
23.0 °C
21.3 °C – 23.7 °C
Avg. rain days in period
7.2
26 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
46.8 mm
7.5 mm – 114 mm
Avg. cloud cover
40 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 30.9 °C (26 Feb 2020) · Lowest temperature 17.4 °C (7 Feb 2026) · Avg. daily peak wind 16 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 117Sunny
- 74Partly cloudy
- 19Cloudy
- 47Light rain
- 25Rain
Summary
- On average 27.7 °C during the day and 23.0 °C at night.
- On average 7.2 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 46.8 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Sunny.
- Warmest year: 2017 (avg. 28.7 °C), coolest: 2022 (avg. 26.9 °C).
- Wettest year: 2022 (114 mm), driest: 2026 (7.5 mm).
- Extremes: 30.9 °C on 26 Feb 2020 and 17.4 °C on 7 Feb 2026.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max27.0°Avg. min21.3°- Rain days
- 2 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 7.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 41 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.3 °C · Min 17.4 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
2025
Avg. max27.9°Avg. min23.7°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 73.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.3 °C · Min 20.5 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
2024
Avg. max27.1°Avg. min21.8°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 51.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 51 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.9 °C · Min 19.3 °C
2023
Avg. max27.9°Avg. min23.5°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 41.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 35 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.4 °C · Min 19.5 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
2022
Avg. max26.9°Avg. min23.1°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 114 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.3 °C · Min 20.2 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
2021
Avg. max27.6°Avg. min23.1°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 39.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 39 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 29.2 °C · Min 17.9 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
2020
Avg. max28.1°Avg. min23.4°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 23.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 46 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.9 °C · Min 19.9 °C
2019
Avg. max27.7°Avg. min23.5°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 82.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 34 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.7 °C · Min 20.5 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
2018
Avg. max27.9°Avg. min23.6°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 27.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 31 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 28.9 °C · Min 20.9 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
2017
Avg. max28.7°Avg. min23.3°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 8.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 31 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 30.3 °C · Min 20.6 °C
29 February does not exist in this year – 28 February used.
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Cancún in February?
- Daytime highs averaged 27.7 °C, night-time lows 23.0 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 30.9 °C (26 Feb 2020), the lowest 17.4 °C (7 Feb 2026).
- How often does it rain in Cancún in February?
- On average there were 7.2 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 46.8 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)