Aruba vs Mexico

Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa's yellow-lit beachfront buildings with thatched roofs and palm trees at dusk, lounge chairs on patios overlooking a grass lawn.

White resort building with palm trees, lounge chairs, and umbrellas line a sandy beach with turquoise water under clear blue sky.

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.

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By the numbers

Aruba compared with Mexico
Aruba	Measure	Mexico
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	77
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$143–$332/night pp	Nightly rates	$39–$635/night pp
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	21 of 77
Outside the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
October–December, and 'rainy' is generous: this is one of the driest islands in the Caribbean	Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October on the Caribbean side
Year-round; January–March is peak season and priced like it	Sweet spot	December–April
Dutch & Papiamento (English universal)	Language	Spanish (English at resorts)
Aruban florin; USD universally accepted	Currency	Mexican peso; USD widely accepted
120V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)	Power	110V, Type A/B plugs (same as the US)
On the right	Driving	On the right
Oranjestad (AUA)	Main airport	Cancún (CUN)
~4–4.5h from the US East Coast	Flight time	~2–4.5h from the US

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country.

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. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Aruba

Full Aruba guide

Chains here: Iberostar · Barceló · Renaissance Hotels

Best of Mexico

Full Mexico guide

Chains here: Barceló · Secrets Resorts & Spas / Hyatt Inclusive Collection · Hilton