Barbados West Coast vs Riviera Maya

Treasure Beach Art Hotel's curved pool surrounded by yellow loungers and tan umbrellas, with a white building and tropical vegetation behind.

Barbados West Coast7 resorts · ★ 4.3 average

Aerial view of Barceló Maya Palace resort showing blue pool complex, palm-lined grounds, beachfront buildings, and Caribbean Sea.

Barbados West Coast and Riviera Maya, 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

Barbados West Coast compared with Riviera Maya
Barbados West Coast	Measure	Riviera Maya
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
7	Resorts in our catalog	41 (better)
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$152–$491/night pp	Nightly rates	$41–$719/night pp (better)
3 of 7	Adults-only resorts	12 of 41
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–November, typically short heavy showers	Rainy season	Generally May–October; winter nortes can also bring rain and rough seas
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
Couples, calm-water swimmers, quiet polish	Best for	Combining resort time with towns, cenotes and archaeological sites

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

Barbados West Coast

Riviera Maya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Barbados West Coast and Riviera Maya
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barbados West Coast · high °F	83	83	84	86	87	87	87	88	88	87	86	84
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Barbados West Coast · rain (in)	2.6	1.6	1.3	1.4	2.3	4.4	5.8	5.8	6.7	7.0	6.1	3.8
Riviera Maya · 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 Holetown (west coast) and Playa del Carmen–Tulum: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.