Cancún vs Grenada

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

Private villa pool surrounded by turquoise water, with lounge chairs on a wooden deck and a modern white building with red pergola overhead.

Cancún and Grenada, 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 Grenada
Cancún	Measure	Grenada
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
28 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	3
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$39–$514/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$163–$437/night pp
11 of 28	Adults-only resorts	1 of 3
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk (better)
June–October, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	June–November, as short heavy showers rather than washed-out days
December–April	Sweet spot	December–May, driest January–April
Cancún (CUN); Hotel Zone 20–30 min, Costa Mujeres ~40 min	Airport	Maurice Bishop (GND), most resorts 5–15 min
First trips, nightlife + beach combos, nonstop-flight convenience	Best for	Couples, a green island with a real interior, short transfers

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

Grenada

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Cancún and Grenada
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
Grenada · high °F	85	85	86	87	87	86	86	87	87	87	86	85
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
Grenada · rain (in)	4.0	2.6	2.5	2.4	3.3	7.4	7.8	8.5	7.3	7.5	7.9	5.5

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