Cancún vs Greece

Cancún and Greece, 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.

Cancún guide · Greece guide · How we score

By the numbers

	Cancún	Greece
U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
Resorts in our catalog	7	7
Average guest rating	★ 4.5	★ 4.7
Nightly rates	$300–$800+/night	$300–$800+/night
Adults-only resorts	3 of 7	2 of 7
Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt	No hurricane season
Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October	November–February
Sweet spot	December–April	Late May–June and September–early October (July–August is hottest and busiest)
Flight time	~2–4.5h from most US hubs	~9–11h from the US, often via a hub
Currency	Mexican peso — USD widely accepted in the hotel zones	Euro

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

Weather, month by month

	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
Greece — high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
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
Greece — rain (in)	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	2.7	2.3	3.0

Approximate climate normals for Cancún hotel zone and Crete — planning guidance, not a forecast.

Where you'd actually stay

Best of Cancún

Chains here: TAFER Hotels & Resorts · Excellence Resorts · Live Aqua

Full Cancún guide

Best of Greece

Chains here: Ikos Resorts · Grecotel · TUI BLUE

Full Greece guide

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