Best time to fly a kite in Cancun

Based on archive 3 years of daily weather data, the best month for kite flying in Cancun is March (kite score 100/100 — YES). Here's the full month-by-month breakdown.

Monthly averages
MonthWindGustsRainTempGood daysScoreVerdict
January7.7 mph16.2 mph2.1 mm24°C1085YES
February8.0 mph16.9 mph1.1 mm24°C10100YES
March8.6 mph18.5 mph1.3 mm26°C14100YES
April8.7 mph18.9 mph1.7 mm26°C1185YES
May8.6 mph18.9 mph1.9 mm28°C1785YES
June8.2 mph18.1 mph8.6 mm28°C470EH…
July6.1 mph13.8 mph4.6 mm28°C158EH…
August5.3 mph12.1 mph5.0 mm28°C049NOPE
September4.9 mph11.1 mph7.0 mm28°C030NOPE
October6.7 mph14.6 mph5.3 mm27°C665EH…
November6.9 mph14.5 mph4.1 mm25°C467EH…
December7.2 mph15.3 mph2.7 mm24°C781YES

"Good days" = days with wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph and less than 2 mm rain. Scores mirror the live forecast weighting (wind 45%, gusts 25%, rain 20%, temp 10%).

Why March is the pick

In March the average wind in Cancun is 8.6 mph with gusts to 18.5 mph, average daily rain is 1.3 mm and the average temperature is 26°C. Roughly 14 days in the month fall in the ideal kite window (wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph, dry).

How this score works

The monthly kite score reuses the same scoring as the live forecast for Cancun: wind is 45% of the score, gusts 25%, rain 20% and temperature 10%. 80+ is a YES month, 50–79 is EH…, under 50 is a NOPE.

Check today before you go

Averages tell you the odds, not the forecast. Check the live wind in Cancun right now before you pack the kite.

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