Cancún vs Maldives

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

Overwater bungalow with thatched roof at Cinnamon Hakuraa Huraa Maldives, featuring a furnished deck with loungers and colorful cushioned seating.

Cancún and Maldives, 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 Maldives
Cancún	Measure	Maldives
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
30	Resorts in our catalog	38 (better)
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$39–$977/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$127–$2056/night pp
12 of 30	Adults-only resorts	4 of 38
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
Generally May–October; winter rain is still possible	Rainy season	May–November (southwest monsoon), wettest September–November
December–April	Sweet spot	January–March

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

Maldives

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Cancún and Maldives
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
Maldives · high °F	86	87	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86
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
Maldives · rain (in)	4.5	2.0	2.9	5.2	8.5	6.5	5.8	6.9	9.6	8.7	9.1	9.0

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