By the numbers – Mexico

Mexico 12 April – 1 October 2023

Days: 173
Travel days: 77 / 45%
Non-travel days: 96 / 55%
Total kms: 16310 km
Avg km/day: 94 km
Travel day kms: 15520 km
Avg km/travel day: 202 km
Fuel used: 515 L
Fuel economy: 3.16 L/100km

Average cost / day:
Angela: CAD$72.11
Michael: CAD$81.67 (Michael eats more food, burns more fuel and went scuba diving a few times.)
(We spent 4 weeks in Guadalajara at a language school improving our Spanish; tuition is included in our average daily expenses.)

Where we slept:
Airbnb – 34.7%
Bunk-a-Biker – 0.6%
Hotel – 58.4%
Orphanage – 4%
Stranger – 2.3%

Weather:
Cold/dry – 0.6%
Cold/wet – 1.2%
Cool/dry – 6.4%
Cool/wet – 2.9%
Warm/dry – 26.6%
Warm/wet – 2.3%
Hot/dry – 57.2%
Hot/wet – 2.9%
(Wet defined as riding in rain enough to have put on rain gear; if it rained and we weren’t riding in it, the day is listed as dry)

Road surface:
Paved – 97%
Rock – .1%
Dirt/gravel – 2.5%
Sand – .4%