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Mexico is easier to time than most large countries, because most of it shares one wet season and one dry one. What varies is not the month so much as the elevation you are standing at.
Mexico grants tourists a stay of up to 180 days, and almost everybody reads that as 180 days. It is a ceiling, not a default, and the figure that governs your trip is written by hand on a stamp at the border.
Mexico spans deserts, two tropical coasts and a high volcanic plateau, and the plateau is where most of the cities are. Understanding that is most of what you need to pack correctly.
Mexico takes cards readily in the places visitors stay and runs on cash everywhere else. The things that cost people money are avoidable and are mostly about which currency a transaction is settled in.
Most Mexico trips combine somewhere hot at sea level with somewhere high and cold after dark. The list below assumes that, and it puts the document rule first because it is the one with consequences.
Mexico has one of the best intercity bus networks anywhere and a large domestic flight market, so covering distance is easy. The decisions that matter are which class of bus, which road, and which car you get into.
Both of the easy things to say about safety in Mexico are wrong. The restriction is a specific list of states with specific exceptions inside them, and none of the places most visitors go is on it. What does reach ordinary travelers is theft, unlicensed taxis, and a paperwork rule with no…
Mexican food is regional to a degree that surprises people who know it only through one border cuisine. Oaxaca, Yucatan, Puebla and the north are effectively different kitchens, and the street is where most of the best of it is.
Mexico is warm, formal in small ways that are easy to get right, and considerably more varied than a resort or a capital suggests. Most of what a visitor needs is a short list and a slower pace.
Mexico has a festival calendar worth building a trip around, and two of its dates will make accommodation in the best places impossible to find on short notice. Several move with Easter, so last year's date is not a date.