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Luxury property prices in the Riviera Maya — open data (July 2026)

The typical price per square meter in the Riviera Maya luxury segment —the median, the midpoint value— is $100,000 MXN/m² (≈ $5,708 USD/m²) as of July 2026, computed over 1,955 available units across 66 developments in the Nautilus inventory —including unique oceanfront homes and villas—. By sublocation, robust medians range from $67,804 MXN/m² in Blvd. Colosio (Cancún) to $163,373 MXN/m² in Bahía Tankah (Tulum). The full aggregated dataset is downloadable as a CSV under a CC-BY 4.0 license.

1,955available units
$100,000 MXN/m²overall median
66 developmentsacross 10 sublocations
Jul 2026data cutoff
In short (July 2026): the luxury price per m² in the Riviera Maya has a median of $100,000 MXN/m² (≈ $5,708 USD) —half of the properties cost more and half less—, across 1,955 available units.
  • Most expensive sublocation: Bahía Tankah, Tulum — $163,373 MXN/m² (≈ $9,325 USD), driven by oceanfront villas.
  • Most accessible sublocation: Blvd. Colosio, Cancún — $67,804 MXN/m² (≈ $3,870 USD).
  • Median by city: Playa del Carmen $103,620 · Cancún $99,803 · Tulum (beach) $136,951 · Puerto Aventuras $72,982 MXN/m².
Main table

How much does a square meter cost by city and zone in the Riviera Maya?

Median price per m² in Mexican pesos, grouped by city and by sublocation, computed over the available units we track (minimum 8 per sublocation) and including unique homes and villas. USD conversion at a 17.52 exchange rate. Within each city, sorted from highest to lowest.

Price per m² across available luxury units by city and sublocation — Nautilus inventory, 1,955 units, July 2026 cutoff.
City / Sublocation Units (n) Median $/m² (MXN) USD equivalent Range (MXN/m²)
Cancún
Zona Hotelera 624 $131,400 ≈ $7,500 $127,898 – $145,996
Puerto Cancún 175 $97,534 ≈ $5,567 $76,964 – $110,307
Costa Mujeres 48 $77,591 ≈ $4,429 $70,941 – $88,829
Blvd. Colosio 594 $67,804 ≈ $3,870 $59,710 – $85,190
Median Cancún 1441 $99,803 ≈ $5,697 —
Playa del Carmen
Centro 175 $118,853 ≈ $6,784 $112,654 – $125,210
Playacar 160 $100,546 ≈ $5,739 $83,444 – $113,894
Corasol 74 $87,932 ≈ $5,019 $84,404 – $91,568
Median Playa del Carmen 409 $103,620 ≈ $5,914 —
Tulum
Bahía Tankah 16 $163,373 ≈ $9,325 $141,341 – $183,703
Bahía Solimán 16 $118,222 ≈ $6,748 $113,318 – $126,706
Median Tulum 32 $136,951 ≈ $7,817 —
Puerto Aventuras
Puerto Aventuras 73 $72,982 ≈ $4,166 $35,009 – $82,198
Riviera Maya · overall median 1,955 $100,000 ≈ $5,708 —

n = available units with a computable $/m² in that sublocation; the "Median [City]" rows summarize each city. The "range" is the interquartile range (p25–p75): where the middle 50% of units fall. Rows marked "· N development(s)" reflect one or two properties and include unique oceanfront homes and villas. Land lots are excluded. The full aggregated dataset is in the downloadable CSV.

Methodology

Where does this data come from?

The source is the Nautilus Real Estate inventory: 1,955 available units across 66 developments across Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Puerto Aventuras, using each developer's official list prices and including unique oceanfront homes and villas — not estimates or prices scraped from listing portals. The data cutoff is July 13, 2026, and USD prices are converted to MXN at an exchange rate of 17.52 (Banxico FIX). Price per m² is computed as price over livable floor size; we exclude land lots (whose $/m² is not comparable to built residences) and values outside a plausibility band of $25,000–$400,000 MXN/m² to filter out data-entry mismatches. We publish only zone-level aggregates (median and interquartile range), never per-unit data. We use the median —the midpoint price, where half of the units cost more and half less— and not the average, so that the handful of multimillion-dollar properties don't inflate the figure or distort the picture of the market. The table includes sublocations with 8 or more units.

Download the full dataset

CSV with median $/m² by city and sublocation (aggregated, computed over 1,955 available units): city, sublocation, n, median MXN, median USD, the p25–p75 interquartile range and the number of developments. Use it in your analysis, blog or report.

CC-BY 4.0 license — you are free to use and adapt the data; we only ask for attribution to "Nautilus Real Estate" with a link to https://www.nautilusrealestate.mx.

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Frequently asked questions

About this data

Where does this data come from and how often is it updated?+
It comes from the Nautilus Real Estate inventory: 1,955 available units across 66 luxury developments in Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Puerto Aventuras, using each developer's official list prices and including unique oceanfront homes and villas. The cutoff for this edition is July 13, 2026, and the pipeline is regenerated with every inventory update. These are not estimates or portal-scraped data: they are the actual prices these units are offered at. We publish only zone-level aggregates (medians), not per-unit data.
Can I use this data in my blog, thesis or report?+
Yes. The dataset is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license: you may copy, redistribute and adapt it, including for commercial purposes, as long as you credit the source. The required attribution is "Nautilus Real Estate" with a link to https://www.nautilusrealestate.mx. The CSV includes the license note in its header.
Why does the price per m² vary so much between zones?+
Because the product is different in each zone: the Zona Hotelera of Cancún is dominated by branded residences and oceanfront towers (median of $131,400 MXN/m²), while Blvd. Colosio and Costa Mujeres lean toward condos with lagoon or golf views ($67,804 and $77,591 MXN/m²). Stage and unit size also matter. We use the median because it is robust to extreme values.
Which is the most and least expensive zone in the Riviera Maya?+
The most expensive luxury sublocation is Bahía Tankah, in Tulum, with a median of $163,373 MXN/m² (≈$9,325 USD), driven by oceanfront villas such as Casa Cenote and Villa Arghy. The most accessible is Blvd. Colosio, in Cancún, at $67,804 MXN/m² (≈$3,870 USD) — a 2.4x difference. The overall Riviera Maya median is $100,000 MXN/m² (≈$5,708 USD) as of July 2026.
How much is the price per m² in Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Puerto Aventuras?+
Median by city as of July 2026: Playa del Carmen $103,620 MXN/m² (≈$5,914 USD), Cancún $99,803 MXN/m² (≈$5,697 USD), Tulum $136,951 MXN/m² across its beach zones Bahía Tankah and Bahía Solimán (≈$7,817 USD), and Puerto Aventuras $72,982 MXN/m² (≈$4,166 USD). Puerto Aventuras is currently the most accessible luxury zone per m²; oceanfront Tulum, the most expensive.
Do you use the average or the median?+
We use the median, not the average. The median is the midpoint price: half of the properties cost more and half less. We do not use the average (the mean) because in the luxury segment a handful of multimillion-dollar villas would inflate the figure and give a distorted picture of the market. The median reflects the real typical price and is the same standard used by leading real estate indices.
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