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Town · Quintana Roo, Mexico

Tulum

Retiring to Tulum, in Quintana Roo, Mexico, from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. Average temperatures run 23.4°C in the coolest quarter and 27.4°C in the warmest. Rent, electricity and groceries for a couple come to USD $693–$1,481 a month, from official sources.

Sources: CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al., 2010 · Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, 2026-10-01

Exchange rate: 1 USD = 18.80 MXN, Banco de México's reference rate · this page converts at 18.91 MXN Banco de México — tipo de cambio FIX (SF43718) y dólar canadiense (SF60632), Oct 31, 2026 · dollar figures: European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30

Compare Tulum side by side Cost, safety, healthcare and climate against any other town we cover See Tulum on the map Every town we cover, with Tulum highlighted

What is Tulum like for a retiree?

Tulum is a town on the jungle-backed Quintana Roo coast, wet and humid all year, with no single wet season.

What to weigh in Tulum

Felipe Carrillo Puerto International (TQO) opened to serve Tulum directly, which changes its access compared with the transfer from Cancún. For Tulum, the homicide rate, the road minutes to a hospital and a pharmacy, and the climate are measured in the cards on this page, each with its source and date.

Last updated October 2, 2026

At a glance 4 of 4 core
Rent, power & groceries USD $693–$1,481 Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources · monthly, for a couple · as of 2026-10-01 · utilities, transport and everyday spending are not included. The breakdown is below.
Climate 81° / 74°F Warmest- and coldest-quarter means · 27° / 23°C · CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.
Elevation 7 m / 20 ft Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus - nearest cell at the town coordinate · 2026-09-19
Setting Jungle coast ExpatAlmanac classification — from the town's coordinates, its measured elevation and its geographic situation, against a closed list of settings · 2026-08-16

Tulum in pictures

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Local data

Official, dated figures — sources shown. Not forecasts.

Cost of living

What official sources price for this town · monthly, for a couple · in US dollars at the stored exchange rate · as of 2026-10-01

USD $693–$1,481 / month

Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, as of 2026-10-01 — not the whole cost of living.

Rent
USD $587–$1,375

MXN $11,098–$26,000 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Rent, Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown · icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · 2026-10-01

Electricity
USD $36

MXN $674 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Electricity (250 kWh/month, town figure) · CFE — tarifa doméstica 1A (CFE's tariff rule on SMN station 23025, summers 2021–2025; not confirmed on a CFE bill), recibo de 250 kWh/mes (IVA incluido) · 2026-10-07

Groceries
USD $71

MXN $1,336 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Groceries (9-item basket, monthly, couple) · PROFECO — Quién es Quién en los Precios (precio de venta al público, mediana nacional) · 2026-10-07

Public healthcare cost: shown under Residency and healthcare on the Mexico page, with its age bands — beside the total, not in it, because only some countries publish a public-healthcare fee.

Rent — which figure, how it is measured, and the others we hold

Rent

Asking rent USD $1,111 ($587–$1,375) per month · 2-bed apartment
MXN $21,000 ($11,098–$26,000) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=133 two-bedroom apartments inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (92 stated furnished, 20 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) · 10 of them priced in US dollars and shown in pesos by the portal at its own rate icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Which figure, and the others we hold Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed apartment Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown
Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed house USD $1,481 ($582–$2,116) per month · 2-bed house MXN $28,000 ($11,000–$40,000) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=21 two-bedroom houses inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (8 stated furnished, 0 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) · fewer than 30 listings, so the band is widened by a resampling estimate of its own noise icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Rent paid No figure held for this town
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Tulum — rent", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/quintana-roo/tulum, figures as of 2026; original data: icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac.

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Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area.

How rent is measured

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom apartment from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom house on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom house from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Utilities other than electricity, transport, everyday spending and eating out are not included: no official source prices them for each town.

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Figures for two adults; verify current prices locally. Not a forecast.

Homicide

Deaths by assault, from death certificates · the same definition in every country

81.1 per 100,000 a year Tulum municipality figure
How we know this 95% interval 70.4–92.9 · 2020–2024. 7% of the 300 homicides that occurred here have no recorded residence, so they are not in this count. Higher than 96% of the 1,138 Mexican municipalities with 10 or more in 2020–2024, ranked by where the deaths occurred. Registered deaths of residents whose underlying cause is assault (ICD-10 X85–Y09 and Y87.1), pooled 2020–2024 · INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence · population: CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024 · read 2026-09-24
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Tulum — homicide", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/quintana-roo/tulum, figures as of 2026; original data: INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence; CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024.

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Getting to care

Road minutes from the town — pharmacies measured the same way in every country, hospitals against each country's own register

Nearest pharmacy
1.2 min by road

Nearest: Farmacias yza (OpenStreetMap node/2641237851), 0.47 km by road.

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM · measured Sep 23, 2026

Nearest hospital
3.0 min by road

Nearest: HOSPITAL IMSS-BIENESTAR TULUM (CLUES:QRIMB001623), 1.14 km by road.

CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM · measured Sep 25, 2026 · as listed in this country's national register, so not compared across borders

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Getting to care", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/quintana-roo/tulum, figures as of 2026; original data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM; CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM.

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Measured over the whole municipio

The figures in this card are computed over the whole municipio, about 2,063 km², not at a single point in the center.

Elevation
-5–49 m
Kind of place
Town or suburb
People in this area (modeled)
44,365
Distance to the sea
reaches the coast
Air quality, typical (PM2.5)
8.0 µg/m³ WHO guideline 5
Slope, typical range
0.1–1.4°
Coldest quarter, average
23.4°C (74°F)
Warmest quarter, average
27.4°C (81°F)
Driest quarter, rainfall
144 mm
Wettest quarter, rainfall
527 mm
Least humid month
60%
Most humid month
66%
Sources (9)
GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint 2020 GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint 2020 OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint 2026 SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted 2024 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus 2021 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline 2021 CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Measured over the town", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/quintana-roo/tulum, figures as of 2010; original data: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus; Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline; GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint; GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint; OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint; SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted; CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al.

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Mexico — residency and healthcare at a glance

  • Retirement residence route: Residencia temporal por solvencia económica, then residencia permanente (jubilado o pensionado) — temporary residence on financial means, then permanent residence as a retiree or pensioner Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Public healthcare: USD $1,090 / year · ages 60–69 · other age bands on the Mexico page MXN $20,600 / year · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30Yearly fee per person to join Mexico's IMSS public health insurance (Seguro de Salud para la Familia), ages 60–69.
    How this is measured

    IMSS Seguro de Salud para la Familia, annual fee per person paid in advance, age band 60–69, in force from 1 March 2026. The band is part of the figure.

    IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026 · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Prices against the world average (World = 100): Food 101.6 · overall average 74.7 national, at 2021 prices · World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Residency and healthcare in Mexico", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/quintana-roo/tulum, figures as of 2021; original data: Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston; IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026; World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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How far is Tulum from home?

Nearest airportthe one that serves Tulum

Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum (TQO), at Tulum. Chosen as the quickest drive of the 5 airports within 250 km that have scheduled flights and a runway of at least 1,800 m (computed 2026-09-21). Also served by Cancún International Airport (CUN).

Getting to TQO: about 45 min by road, 41.0 km — a real road route, not a straight line. OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM, 2026

Depends on where you fly fromdrive + estimated flight · each country's capital and largest cities
From Australia · from ~19h 15m
  • Brisbane BNE ~19h 15m est. flight ~18h 30m est. · 13,837 km / 8,598 mi straight line
  • Sydney SYD ~19h 30m est. flight ~18h 45m est. · 14,072 km / 8,744 mi straight line
  • Melbourne MEL ~20h 15m est. flight ~19h 30m est. · 14,626 km / 9,088 mi straight line
  • Adelaide ADL ~21h est. flight ~20h 15m est. · 15,222 km / 9,459 mi straight line
  • Perth PER ~23h 45m est. flight ~23h est. · 17,326 km / 10,766 mi straight line
From Austria · from ~13h 15m
  • Linz LNZ ~13h 15m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,184 km / 5,707 mi straight line
  • Graz GRZ ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,324 km / 5,794 mi straight line
  • Vienna VIE ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,352 km / 5,811 mi straight line
From Belgium · from ~12h 15m
  • Brussels BRU ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,428 km / 5,237 mi straight line
  • Charleroi CRL ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,438 km / 5,243 mi straight line
  • Liège LGG ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,500 km / 5,282 mi straight line
From Bulgaria · from ~14h 30m
  • Sofia SOF ~14h 30m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,098 km / 6,275 mi straight line
  • Plovdiv PDV ~14h 30m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,235 km / 6,360 mi straight line
  • Varna VAR ~14h 45m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,378 km / 6,448 mi straight line
From Canada · from ~5h
  • Toronto YYZ ~5h est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,718 km / 1,689 mi straight line
  • Ottawa YOW ~5h 15m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 3,005 km / 1,867 mi straight line
  • Montreal YUL ~5h 30m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,088 km / 1,919 mi straight line
  • Calgary YYC ~6h 45m est. flight ~6h est. · 4,138 km / 2,571 mi straight line
  • Vancouver YVR ~7h 15m est. flight ~6h 30m est. · 4,505 km / 2,799 mi straight line
From Croatia · from ~13h 30m
  • Rijeka RJK ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,339 km / 5,803 mi straight line
  • Zagreb ZAG ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,424 km / 5,856 mi straight line
  • Split SPU ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,539 km / 5,928 mi straight line
From Cyprus · from ~16h
  • Limassol PFO ~16h est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,232 km / 6,980 mi straight line
  • Nicosia LCA ~16h est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,308 km / 7,027 mi straight line
From Czechia · from ~13h 15m
  • Prague PRG ~13h 15m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,111 km / 5,662 mi straight line
  • Brno BRQ ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,314 km / 5,787 mi straight line
  • Ostrava OSR ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,382 km / 5,830 mi straight line
From Denmark · from ~12h 30m
  • Aarhus AAR ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,647 km / 5,373 mi straight line
  • Odense ODE ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,658 km / 5,380 mi straight line
  • Copenhagen CPH ~12h 45m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,792 km / 5,463 mi straight line
From Estonia · from ~13h 30m
  • Tallinn TLL ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,279 km / 5,766 mi straight line
  • Tartu TAY ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,433 km / 5,861 mi straight line
From Finland · from ~13h 15m
  • Turku TKU ~13h 15m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,095 km / 5,651 mi straight line
  • Tampere TMP ~13h 15m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,113 km / 5,663 mi straight line
  • Helsinki HEL ~13h 15m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,236 km / 5,739 mi straight line
From France · from ~12h 15m
  • Lille LIL ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,342 km / 5,184 mi straight line
  • Paris CDG ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,345 km / 5,185 mi straight line
  • Lyon LYS ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,624 km / 5,359 mi straight line
From Germany · from ~12h 30m
  • Essen DUS ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,570 km / 5,325 mi straight line
  • Berlin BER ~13h est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,970 km / 5,574 mi straight line
  • Munich MUC ~13h est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 9,014 km / 5,601 mi straight line
From Greece · from ~14h 30m
  • Thessaloniki SKG ~14h 30m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,182 km / 6,327 mi straight line
  • Athens ATH ~14h 45m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,394 km / 6,458 mi straight line
  • Heraklion HER ~15h 15m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,631 km / 6,606 mi straight line
From Hungary · from ~13h 45m
  • Gyor LHPR ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,458 km / 5,877 mi straight line
  • Budapest BUD ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,567 km / 5,945 mi straight line
  • Debrecen DEB ~14h est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,722 km / 6,041 mi straight line
From Ireland · from ~11h
  • Galway SNN ~11h est. flight ~10h 15m est. · 7,487 km / 4,652 mi straight line
  • Cork ORK ~11h 15m est. flight ~10h 30m est. · 7,523 km / 4,675 mi straight line
  • Dublin DUB ~11h 15m est. flight ~10h 30m est. · 7,657 km / 4,758 mi straight line
From Italy · from ~13h
  • Milan MXP ~13h est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,897 km / 5,528 mi straight line
  • Rome FCO ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,309 km / 5,784 mi straight line
  • Naples NAP ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,505 km / 5,906 mi straight line
From Latvia · from ~13h 30m
  • Riga RIX ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,369 km / 5,821 mi straight line
From Lithuania · from ~13h 15m
  • Klaipėda PLQ ~13h 15m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,261 km / 5,754 mi straight line
  • Kaunas KUN ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,480 km / 5,891 mi straight line
  • Vilnius VNO ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,565 km / 5,943 mi straight line
From Luxembourg · from ~12h 30m
  • Luxembourg-Ville LUX ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,584 km / 5,334 mi straight line
From Malta · from ~14h
  • Valletta MLA ~14h est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,741 km / 6,053 mi straight line
From Netherlands · from ~12h 15m
  • Rotterdam RTM ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,395 km / 5,216 mi straight line
  • Amsterdam AMS ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,407 km / 5,224 mi straight line
  • Eindhoven EIN ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,472 km / 5,264 mi straight line
From New Zealand · from ~16h 45m
  • Auckland AKL ~16h 45m est. flight ~16h est. · 11,990 km / 7,450 mi straight line
  • Wellington WLG ~17h est. flight ~16h 15m est. · 12,084 km / 7,508 mi straight line
  • Christchurch CHC ~17h 15m est. flight ~16h 30m est. · 12,308 km / 7,648 mi straight line
From Norway · from ~12h
  • Stavanger SVG ~12h est. flight ~11h 15m est. · 8,284 km / 5,147 mi straight line
  • Trondheim TRD ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,425 km / 5,235 mi straight line
  • Oslo OSL ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,541 km / 5,307 mi straight line
From Poland · from ~13h 30m
  • Katowice KTW ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,408 km / 5,846 mi straight line
  • Warsaw WAW ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,443 km / 5,868 mi straight line
  • Krakow KRK ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,473 km / 5,886 mi straight line
From Portugal · from ~10h 30m
  • Funchal FNC ~10h 30m est. flight ~9h 45m est. · 7,070 km / 4,393 mi straight line
  • Porto OPO ~11h 15m est. flight ~10h 30m est. · 7,646 km / 4,751 mi straight line
  • Lisbon LIS ~11h 15m est. flight ~10h 30m est. · 7,651 km / 4,754 mi straight line
From Romania · from ~14h
  • Timișoara TSR ~14h est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,789 km / 6,083 mi straight line
  • Cluj-Napoca CLJ ~14h 15m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,897 km / 6,150 mi straight line
  • Bucharest OTP ~14h 30m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,182 km / 6,327 mi straight line
From Slovakia · from ~13h 30m
  • Bratislava BTS ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,393 km / 5,837 mi straight line
  • Banská Bystrica SLD ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,500 km / 5,903 mi straight line
  • Košice KSC ~13h 45m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,637 km / 5,988 mi straight line
From Slovenia · from ~13h 30m
  • Ljubljana LJU ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,288 km / 5,771 mi straight line
  • Maribor MBX ~13h 30m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,364 km / 5,818 mi straight line
From South Africa · from ~17h 45m
  • Cape Town CPT ~17h 45m est. flight ~17h est. · 12,704 km / 7,894 mi straight line
  • Johannesburg JNB ~18h 45m est. flight ~18h est. · 13,492 km / 8,384 mi straight line
  • Durban DUR ~19h 15m est. flight ~18h 30m est. · 13,820 km / 8,587 mi straight line
From Spain · from ~11h 45m
  • Madrid MAD ~11h 45m est. flight ~11h est. · 8,083 km / 5,023 mi straight line
  • Valencia VLC ~12h 15m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,365 km / 5,198 mi straight line
  • Barcelona BCN ~12h 30m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,524 km / 5,296 mi straight line
From Sweden · from ~12h 45m
  • Gothenburg GOT ~12h 45m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,694 km / 5,402 mi straight line
  • Malmo MMX ~12h 45m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,837 km / 5,491 mi straight line
  • Stockholm ARN ~13h est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,918 km / 5,542 mi straight line
From Switzerland · from ~12h 45m
  • Geneva GVA ~12h 45m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,683 km / 5,396 mi straight line
  • Bern ZRH ~12h 45m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,819 km / 5,480 mi straight line
From United Kingdom · from ~11h 30m
  • Glasgow GLA ~11h 30m est. flight ~10h 45m est. · 7,746 km / 4,813 mi straight line
  • Manchester MAN ~11h 45m est. flight ~11h est. · 7,920 km / 4,921 mi straight line
  • Leeds LBA ~11h 45m est. flight ~11h est. · 7,952 km / 4,941 mi straight line
  • Birmingham BHX ~11h 45m est. flight ~11h est. · 7,971 km / 4,953 mi straight line
  • London LHR ~11h 45m est. flight ~11h est. · 8,078 km / 5,019 mi straight line
From United States of America · from ~2h 45m
  • Miami MIA ~2h 45m est. flight ~2h est. · 980 km / 609 mi straight line
  • Houston IAH ~3h 15m est. flight ~2h 30m est. · 1,337 km / 830 mi straight line
  • Washington, D.C. IAD ~4h 30m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,305 km / 1,432 mi straight line
  • Chicago ORD ~4h 30m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,425 km / 1,507 mi straight line
  • Philadelphia PHL ~4h 45m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,490 km / 1,547 mi straight line
  • New York City JFK ~4h 45m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,629 km / 1,633 mi straight line
  • Denver DEN ~5h est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,724 km / 1,692 mi straight line
  • Las Vegas LAS ~5h 30m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,206 km / 1,992 mi straight line
  • Los Angeles LAX ~5h 45m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,389 km / 2,106 mi straight line
  • San Francisco SFO ~6h 30m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,864 km / 2,401 mi straight line

These are straight lines, not routes. Flight distances are measured airport to airport across the Earth's surface, from TQO to each destination's main airport. The drive to TQO is the exception: that one is a measured road route.

Estimated flying time is our own arithmetic, not a timetable: the straight-line distance flown at 780 km/h, plus 45 minutes for taxi, climb and descent, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. A real flight is longer than a straight line, and whether a nonstop exists at all changes by season and airline — check current schedules.

The 108 destinations above are a chosen list, not every city — the capital and the largest cities of each country we publish for, by population (up to ten for the United States, five for Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, three elsewhere). Two cities served by the same airport appear once. A city that is not on the list is not unusually far; it is simply not on the list.

Airport coordinates from OurAirports (public domain dataset), retrieved 2026-08-14.

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "How far is Tulum from home?", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/quintana-roo/tulum, figures as of 2026; original data: OurAirports (public domain dataset); OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM.

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