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Luxor vs Playa del Carmen

BWh Hot desertAw Tropical savanna (dry winter)

Comparing Luxor change · Playa del Carmen change

Bottom line

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 1°C on the annual average; Playa del Carmen is the wetter, with 1364 mm more rain a year, and Luxor the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year
Wetter Playa del Carmen 1364 mm more a year
Sunnier Luxor 34 pp less cloud
Colder winters Luxor 7°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Luxor and Playa del Carmen, in everyday terms.

Summers

Luxor has far hotter summers

Luxor: Extreme heat
Playa del Carmen: Hot

Winters

Playa del Carmen has much milder winters

Luxor: Cool
Playa del Carmen: Stays warm

Rain & snow

Playa del Carmen is much wetter

Luxor: Very dry
Playa del Carmen: Wet

Sky

Luxor is far sunnier

Luxor: Sunny
Playa del Carmen: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Luxor is the warmer of the two — about 1°C on the annual average.

0°10°20°30°40°50° JanAprJulOct LuxorPlaya del Carmen

Precipitation

Playa del Carmen is the wetter — about 1364 mm more across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 0115230 JanAprJulOct LuxorPlaya del Carmen

Clear skies

Luxor has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct LuxorPlaya del Carmen

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°C) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor232530353941414139352924
Playa del Carmen282930313233333333312929
Difference+5+3—-4-7-9-8-8-7-4—+5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor232530353941
Playa del Carmen282930313233
Difference+5+3—-4-7-9
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor414139352924
Playa del Carmen333333312929
Difference-8-8-7-4—+5
Avg low (°C) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor791317222526252319138
Playa del Carmen141516182021222221201815
Difference+7+6+3+1-2-3-4-4-2+1+4+7
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor7913172225
Playa del Carmen141516182021
Difference+7+6+3+1-2-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor26252319138
Playa del Carmen222221201815
Difference-4-4-2+1+4+7
Precipitation (mm) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor2022120001130
Playa del Carmen714350501081919918022520410263
Difference+69+43+48+48+96+190+99+180+225+203+99+63
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor2022120
Playa del Carmen71435050108191
Difference+69+43+48+48+96+190
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor001130
Playa del Carmen9918022520410263
Difference+99+180+225+203+99+63
Cloud cover (%) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor242525272410989111522
Playa del Carmen544741414959535560574953
Difference+30+23+15+15+25+50+44+47+52+46+34+31
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor242525272410
Playa del Carmen544741414959
Difference+30+23+15+15+25+50
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor989111522
Playa del Carmen535560574953
Difference+44+47+52+46+34+31
Relative humidity (%) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor463727201818202125304047
Playa del Carmen767267666881828387888380
Difference+30+35+40+45+50+64+63+62+62+57+43+32
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Luxor463727201818
Playa del Carmen767267666881
Difference+30+35+40+45+50+64
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Luxor202125304047
Playa del Carmen828387888380
Difference+63+62+62+57+43+32

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Luxor trends → · Playa del Carmen trends →

Methodology & sources

Luxor

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Luxor Intl, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Playa del Carmen

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at Victoria, about 28 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →

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