Region · Mexico

Where to stay in Quintana Roo

This guide covers 4 destinations in Quintana Roo, a first-level administrative division of Mexico, with 84 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Chetumal. Across its destinations, January is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Cozumel International Airport (CZM).

Destinations in this guide
4
Places to stay
84
Comfortable in the most places
January
Main airport
CZMCozumel International Airport
Currency
MXNpeso
Time zone
America/Cancun

Destinations

Destinations in Quintana Roo

Every destination in this guide in Quintana Roo, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Playa del Carmen304,94233JanuaryCZM · 20 km
Cancun888,79732December and JanuaryCUN · 14 km
San Miguel de Cozumel84,51911JanuaryCZM · 3 km
Chetumal169,0288CTM · 3 km

Where to stay

Places to stay in Quintana Roo

6 places to stay in Quintana Roo from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.

Where to stay

More hotels in Quintana Roo

78 hotels in Quintana Roo recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.

When to go

Best time to visit Quintana Roo

From the climate of 4 destinations in Quintana Roo with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: January.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January3 of 428 °C73 mm
February0 of 430 °C46 mm
March0 of 431 °C36 mm
April0 of 432 °C51 mm
May0 of 433 °C122 mm
June0 of 432 °C199 mm
July0 of 433 °C117 mm
August0 of 433 °C153 mm
September0 of 432 °C221 mm
October0 of 431 °C235 mm
November0 of 429 °C111 mm
December1 of 429 °C83 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving Quintana Roo

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Quintana Roo name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · Cozumel

CZM · Cozumel International Airport

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations3.3 km from the closest
large airport · Cancún

CUN · Cancún International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 3 destinations14 km from the closest
medium airport · Chetumal

CTM · Chetumal International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 1 destination3.4 km from the closest
large airport · Tulum

TQO · Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum

Named by 3 destinations79 km from the closest
medium airport · Corozal, Belize

CZH · Corozal Airport

Named by 1 destination17 km from the closest
medium airport · San Pedro, Belize

SPR · John Greif II Airport

Named by 1 destination73 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in Quintana Roo, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: OpenHolidays API (ODbL).

Nationwide in Mexico

1 Jan · New Year's Day2 Feb · Constitution Day16 Mar · Benito Juárez's birthday1 May · Labour Day16 Sept · Independence Day16 Nov · Revolution Day25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near Quintana Roo

Other regions of Mexico with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

Mexico travel guide · All regions of Mexico

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.