Cancún vs Costa del Sol

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

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

Cancún and Costa del Sol, 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

Cancún compared with Costa del Sol
Cancún	Measure	Costa del Sol
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
27 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	6
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$39–$506/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$67–$526/night pp
10 of 27	Adults-only resorts	0 of 6
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
June–October, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	November–March
December–April	Sweet spot	June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest
Cancún (CUN); Hotel Zone 20–30 min, Costa Mujeres ~40 min	Airport	Málaga (AGP), most resorts 20–60 min west along the coast
First trips, nightlife + beach combos, nonstop-flight convenience	Best for	Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda

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

Cancún

Costa del Sol

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Cancún and Costa del Sol
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cancún · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Cancún · 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
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9

Approximate climate normals for Cancún hotel zone and Málaga: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.