Cancún vs Jamaica

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

Two-story beachfront resort building with white columns and balconies, lounge chairs and umbrellas on sandy beach, palm trees, and pool visible.

Cancún and Jamaica, 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 Jamaica
Cancún	Measure	Jamaica
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
30	Resorts in our catalog	44 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$39–$977/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$117–$822/night pp
12 of 30	Adults-only resorts	27 of 44
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Generally May–October; winter rain is still possible	Rainy season	May–June and September–November, mostly short afternoon bursts
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April

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

Jamaica

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Cancún and Jamaica
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
Jamaica · high °F	82	82	83	84	86	88	88	88	88	87	85	83
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
Jamaica · rain (in)	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.1	4.0	3.5	2.4	3.5	5.1	7.1	3.0	1.5

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