Cancún vs Rodney Bay

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

White colonial-style building with terracotta roof and arched windows overlooks a rectangular blue pool surrounded by palm trees and loungers.

Cancún and Rodney Bay, 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 Rodney Bay
Cancún	Measure	Rodney Bay
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
30 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	12
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$39–$977/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$87–$564/night pp
12 of 30	Adults-only resorts	4 of 12
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Generally May–October; winter rain is still possible	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
A resort stay with beach time and options for outings	Best for	First St. Lucia trips, families, walk-to-dinner travelers

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

Rodney Bay

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Cancún and Rodney Bay
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
Rodney Bay · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Rodney Bay · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

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