| Official Name: | Puerto Morelos |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 100x80px |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Mexico |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Quintana Roo |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Puerto Morelos |
| Leader Title: | Municipal President |
| Leader Name: | Laura Fernández Piña Ana Luisa Betancourt Canul (Interim) |
| Established Title: | 2019 March 8, 2021 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1100 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census[2] |
| Population Total: | 26921 |
| Timezone1: | Southeastern Time Zone |
| Utc Offset1: | −5 |
| Elevation M: | 1 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | INEGI Code |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 23011 |
Puerto Morelos is one of the eleven municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula. It was formed in 2016 from the localities of Puerto Morelos, Leona Vicario and Central Vallarta previously belonging to the municipality of Benito Juárez. In the 2010 census, these three localities recorded a total of 15,725 inhabitants.[3]
The municipal seat is the town of Puerto Morelos, which is located about 13km (08miles) southwest of Cancún on the Caribbean Sea and is the easternmost municipal seat in Mexico.
Joaquín Zetina Gasca is one of the communities in the municipality and the location of the municipal offices.
Ignacio Sánchez Cordero, who sought the candidacy of and for mayor, was assassinated on February 24, 2021.[4]