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Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún in May: Hot, the Seaweed Peak Begins, the First Rains and the Lowest Prices of the Year
May is when Cancún gets cheap and honest: hot, humid, the first regular afternoon showers, and sargassum at or near its peak on the east-facing beaches. Weather, the seaweed by beach and how to book around it, prices, the start of whale shark season at the end of the month, and who May suits.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún in June: Heat, Seaweed, the Start of Hurricane Season, Whale Sharks and Low Prices
June in Cancún is hot, humid, cheap and quiet, with the beach depending on the week's seaweed and hurricane season officially open but rarely a June problem. Whale sharks arrive offshore, the cenotes are at their best, and the resorts are half empty. Weather, seaweed by beach, the real storm odds, and how to do June well.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún in July: Hot, Humid, Summer Holiday Crowds, Seaweed Easing and Whale Sharks at Their Peak
July is Cancún's second high season: hot and humid, Mexican and US families on holiday, prices up from June, sargassum still around but often easing, and whale sharks at their peak offshore. Weather, the summer crowds, the seaweed by beach, the hurricane odds (low), July vs August, and what to do.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún in August: The Hottest Month, Real Hurricane Risk from Mid-Month, Seaweed Easing and the Second-Half Bargain
August is the hottest month in Cancún and the first where hurricane risk is real rather than theoretical. Seaweed usually eases, the family crowd is here in the first half, and prices fall in the second. Weather, how to think about the storm risk honestly, insurance, whale sharks' last weeks, and the late-August bargain.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún in September: The Cheapest Month, the Highest Storm Risk, Independence Day and How to Decide
September is the cheapest month in Cancún and the peak of hurricane season, which is not a coincidence. Hot, humid, rainier, almost empty, with beaches usually clear of seaweed and prices on the floor. The storm risk in plain words, insurance, Independence Day on the 15th and 16th, resort closures, and who September is right for.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún in October: Wet, Storm Risk Easing, Low Prices and Hanal Pixán at the End of the Month
October in Cancún is the second half of hurricane season and the turn toward dry weather: wet in the first half, improving by the end, prices on the floor, beaches usually clear of seaweed, and the Yucatán's Day of the Dead, Hanal Pixán, arriving in the last days. Weather by half, the storm risk, early vs late October, and what to do.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún 5 Day Itinerary: Beach Days, Isla Mujeres, Chichén Itzá, a Cenote Day and One Evening Downtown with Locals
Five days in Cancún, planned so the resort is the base and not the whole trip: two beach days, Isla Mujeres by ferry, Chichén Itzá or Tulum early, a cenote day, and one evening in downtown Cancún where locals eat. With the first-timer version, what it costs, whether five days is enough (yes), and the mistakes that waste a day.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún in 3 Days: The Long Weekend Itinerary, What Fits, What to Skip and the 4 Days 3 Nights Version
Three days in Cancún is a long weekend from most of the US, and it works if you pick one excursion and one evening off the hotel zone and leave the rest to the beach. The itinerary for 3 days or 4 days 3 nights, what to skip, where to stay so transfers don't eat the trip, and whether it's worth the flight.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Cancún
Cancún to Tulum: ADO Bus, Shuttle, Rental Car, Colectivo or the Tren Maya, How Long Each Takes and Which to Pick
Cancún to Tulum is 130 kilometres down one highway and there are five ways to do it: the ADO bus from the airport or downtown, a private or shared shuttle, a rental car, the colectivo vans via Playa del Carmen, or the Tren Maya. Times, rough costs, the airport question, Tulum's own layout (town vs beach), and how to arrive knowing someone.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Tokyo
Tokyo in January: Weather, Does It Snow, the New Year Shutdown, Sales, Sumo and What to Do
January is Tokyo's clearest, driest month and one of its best-kept secrets: cold, blue skies, Fuji visible from the city, few tourists after the first week. What the weather is really like, whether it snows, the New Year shutdown (1 to 3 January, when much of the city closes), the January sales, the sumo tournament, and what to do with a cold sunny day.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Tokyo
Tokyo in February: Weather, Snow Chances, Plum Blossoms, Setsubun, Valentine's and the Quietest Month
February is Tokyo's quietest tourist month: cold, dry, clear, cheap, with plum blossoms in the parks from mid-month and the first hints of spring at the end. Weather, the snow question, Setsubun bean-throwing on the 3rd, Valentine's done the Japanese way, the Emperor's birthday, Chinese New Year crowds, and what to do.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read
Travel Guides · Tokyo
Tokyo in March: Weather, When the Cherry Blossoms Open, Early vs Late March, Crowds and Prices
March in Tokyo is two different months: a cool, quiet, cheap first half and a cherry-blossom frenzy in the last week when the sakura open and prices double. Weather by week, when the blossoms usually open and peak, how to plan without knowing the exact date, the spring holiday crowds, White Day, and what to wear in a month that swings from 8 to 20 degrees.
Oscar Garcia··2 min read