Aruba vs Mexico

Turquoise pool with loungers and fire pits on sand deck, surrounded by curved resort building with white cabanas and green-roofed central structure.

Aruba 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

Aruba compared with Mexico
Aruba	Measure	Mexico
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
11	Resorts in our catalog	91 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$243–$752/night pp	Nightly rates	$55–$1694/night pp (better)
2 of 11	Adults-only resorts	31 of 91
Outside the hurricane belt (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
October–December, and 'rainy' is generous: this is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean	Rainy season	Generally May–October on the Caribbean coast; rain can also occur in winter
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	December–April
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	Spanish (English at many resorts)
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	Mexican peso (MXN)
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	Type A/B plugs, as in the U.S.
On the right	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

Aruba

Mexico

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Aruba and Mexico
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Aruba · high °F	85	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	89	87	85
Mexico · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Aruba · rain (in)	1.5	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.8	3.0	3.7	3.2
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 Palm Beach / Eagle Beach and Cancún / Riviera Maya: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.