The Cancun Weather is warm all year-round, and moderated by onshore trade winds, with an annual mean temperature of 27.1 °C (80.8 °F). Cancun has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate, with few temperature differences between seasons, but with pronounced rainy seasons. Cancun Weather is hottest from May to September, due to proximity to the Caribbean and Gulf humidity is high the year round, especially so during hurricane season (averages close to 70% on rain free days). Unlike inland areas of the Yucatán Peninsula, sea breezes restrict high temperatures from reaching 35 °C (95 °F) on most afternoons. Annual rainfall is around 1,340 millimeters (52.8 in), falling on 115 days per year. More temperate Cancun Weather conditions occur from November to February with occasional refreshing northerly breezes, it is drier and becomes hotter in March and April. Cancun is rarely affected by Caribbean hurricanes due to its proximity to Cuba on which most hurricanes tend to divert northward making year round Cancun Weather ideal.