When does Mexico export avocados?

Mexico ships avocados year-round. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Mexico avocados arrive in Europe?

On the Mexico → Rotterdam run, quoted at 15–21 days port to port, that window lands around Year-round — year-round. Add the road leg at either end.

Mexico avocado export season (2026)

Mexico avocado export season

Mexico ships avocados year-round. Lands year-round on the Mexico → Rotterdam run.

Ships

Year-round

April–September at the shoulders

Lands

Year-round

on the Mexico → Rotterdam run, 15–21 days

Mexico avocados: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Mexico	Ships october–march peak · april–september shoulder
Mexico → Rotterdam 15–21 days · year-round	Lands year-round on the Mexico → Rotterdam run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Hass Load ports Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Veracruz

Effectively year-round. The main Michoacán crop peaks from about October to March, and the flor loca — the off-bloom crop — carries the middle of the year at lower volume.

Mexico is the reason there is no global avocado season. It also means that when Peru’s window opens in April, European buyers are choosing between origins on price rather than on availability, which is not true of most produce on this page.

Last reviewed August 2026. Editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule. Weather moves them, sometimes by weeks.

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Mexico avocado export season

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