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.

[4] The municipal seat is the town of Puerto Morelos, which is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of Cancún on the Caribbean Sea and is the easternmost municipal seat in Mexico.

Ignacio Sánchez Cordero, who sought the candidacy of MORENA and PVEM for mayor, was assassinated on February 24, 2021.