Antigua vs Mexico

Aerial view of Hammock Cove Antigua with pools, beach loungers, wooden pier, and turquoise water with moored floats.

Antigua and Mexico, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Antigua compared with Mexico
Antigua	Measure	Mexico
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	91 (better)
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$250–$2114/night pp	Nightly rates	$55–$1694/night pp (better)
7 of 9	Adults-only resorts	31 of 91
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
September–November	Rainy season	Generally May–October on the Caribbean coast; rain can also occur in winter
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
English (official)	Language	Spanish (English at many resorts)
East Caribbean dollar – USD widely accepted	Currency	Mexican peso (MXN)
230V (110V at some hotels), Type A/B plugs	Power	Type A/B plugs, as in the U.S.
On the left	Driving	On the right

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Antigua

Mexico

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Antigua and Mexico
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Antigua · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	87	87	88	88	87	85	83
Mexico · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Antigua · rain (in)	2.6	1.7	1.7	2.4	3.6	2.5	3.0	3.9	4.9	5.5	5.5	3.5
Mexico · rain (in)	3.5	2.0	1.5	1.5	4.0	6.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	8.5	4.0	3.5

Approximate climate normals for Island-wide and Cancún / Riviera Maya: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.