Canary Islands vs Mexico

Row of swim-up suite pools toward the ocean

Canary Islands16 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Canary Islands 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

Canary Islands compared with Mexico
Canary Islands	Measure	Mexico
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
16	Resorts in our catalog	91 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$86–$327/night pp	Nightly rates	$55–$1694/night pp (better)
3 of 16	Adults-only resorts	31 of 91
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	Generally May–October on the Caribbean coast; rain can also occur in winter
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	December–April
Tenerife South (TFS), Gran Canaria (LPA), Lanzarote (ACE), Fuerteventura (FUE)	Airports	CUN / TQO / SJD / PVR, by coast

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

Canary Islands

Mexico

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Mexico
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Mexico · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
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 Tenerife South and Cancún / Riviera Maya: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.