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Playa del Carmen vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Playa del Carmen change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Playa del Carmen is the warmer of the two — about 30°F on the annual average; Playa del Carmen is the wetter, with 42 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Playa del Carmen 30°F on the year

Wetter Playa del Carmen 42 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 11 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 44°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

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

Summers

Playa del Carmen has hotter summers

Playa del Carmen: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Playa del Carmen has far milder winters

Playa del Carmen: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Playa del Carmen is much wetter

Playa del Carmen: Wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Playa del Carmen: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Playa del Carmen is the warmer of the two — about 30°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Playa del Carmen is the wetter — about 42 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	82	84	86	89	90	91	92	92	91	88	85	84
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-37	-37	-31	-27	-19	-8	-6	-8	-14	-22	-30	-40

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Playa del Carmen	82	84	86	89	90	91
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-37	-37	-31	-27	-19	-8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	92	92	91	88	85	84
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-6	-8	-14	-22	-30	-40

Avg low (°F) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	58	59	61	65	69	71	71	71	70	68	64	60
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-43	-42	-40	-40	-38	-33	-22	-22	-30	-39	-44	-46

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Playa del Carmen	58	59	61	65	69	71
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-43	-42	-40	-40	-38	-33

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	71	71	70	68	64	60
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-22	-22	-30	-39	-44	-46

Precipitation (in) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	2.8	1.7	2	2	4.2	7.5	3.9	7.1	8.9	8	4	2.5
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-1.7	-0.7	-0.9	-1.2	-3.6	-7.2	-2	-5	-7.5	-6.7	-3.3	-1.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Playa del Carmen	2.8	1.7	2	2	4.2	7.5
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-1.7	-0.7	-0.9	-1.2	-3.6	-7.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	3.9	7.1	8.9	8	4	2.5
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-2	-5	-7.5	-6.7	-3.3	-1.7

Cloud cover (%) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	54	47	41	41	49	59	53	55	60	57	49	53
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-6	+2	+5	-1	-12	-32	-3	-8	-28	-25	-12	-6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Playa del Carmen	54	47	41	41	49	59
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-6	+2	+5	-1	-12	-32

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	53	55	60	57	49	53
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-3	-8	-28	-25	-12	-6

Relative humidity (%) Playa del Carmen runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	76	72	67	66	68	81	82	83	87	88	83	80
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-15	-15	-18	-25	-33	-56	-46	-40	-47	-45	-33	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Playa del Carmen	76	72	67	66	68	81
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-15	-15	-18	-25	-33	-56

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Playa del Carmen	82	83	87	88	83	80
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-46	-40	-47	-45	-33	-19

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. Playa del Carmen trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

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.

Tusayan

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Grand Canyon NP AP, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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