Weather on Cozumel Island
It just doesn't get any better than the weather on Cozumel. With
an incredible low of only 66 degrees Fahrenheit to a modest high
of 93, even the worst of what we would call "winter" is still
quite wonderful. Most of the time, the temperature hovers around
the mid to high eighties and, incredibly, so do the surrounding
ocean waters of the island. Lying in the midday, summertime sun,
in temperatures around 90 degrees and then "cooling off" in the
ocean waters of about 80 to 85 degrees is unimaginable to most
travelers.
Usually, the ocean water is a lot cooler than the land
temperature - but not on Cozumel. Some tourists have described
the ocean around the island as a huge bath. With a gentle,
shallow coastline extending far out into the ocean, the ocean
temperatures off the beaches tend to complement the land
temperatures, allowing tourists to spend as much time in the
water as on the sand. The water temperatures tend to be at their
warmest during the summer months but even during the worst of
winters, they only cool down to the mid to high 70's.
The temperatures in Cozumel are at their coolest from October to
April just like most of the mainland. Due to the location of the
island, the temperature never gets too low or too high. There
have been storms, known as Nortes, that can bring the evening
temperatures in the winter down to the high 50's but that is as
low as it ever gets. Summertime highs occasionally approach 100
degrees Fahrenheit, but this is rare. The humidity, however, can
make things quite wet. It tends to rain on the island during the
month of June but the winter months are quite dry.
Nortes, with pelting rain and high winds, sometimes cause
problems during the winter months, but the storms pass over the
island quickly and do not do much damage. Most people don't even
get up from their hammocks, but view the winds and rain as a
gentle, cooling wash from Mother Nature. There's not much to
complain about in Cozumel and overall the weather is almost
always an added attraction to the island rather than a force to
be reckoned with. There's almost no bad time to come to Cozumel
and the only thing to be taken into account when booking your
trip might be the increased humidity during the summer months.