Cancún vs Kos

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

Pool deck with loungers overlooking a bay, white modern building, and dining area at Mitsis Selection Blue Domes under blue sky.

Cancún and Kos, 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 Kos
Cancún	Measure	Kos
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)
28 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	2
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.8 (better)
$39–$514/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$177–$857/night pp
11 of 28	Adults-only resorts	0 of 2
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 windiest
Cancún (CUN); Hotel Zone 20–30 min, Costa Mujeres ~40 min	Airport	Kos (KGS), in the centre of the island; most resorts are 10–30 min away
First trips, nightlife + beach combos, nonstop-flight convenience	Best for	A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey

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

Kos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Cancún and Kos
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
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
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
Kos · rain (in)	5.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.6	5.8

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