Costa del Sol vs Mexico

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

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

Costa del Sol and Mexico, 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

Costa del Sol compared with Mexico
Costa del Sol	Measure	Mexico
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	83 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$67–$526/night pp	Nightly rates	$39–$878/night pp (better)
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	28 of 83
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–March	Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October on the Caribbean side
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	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

Costa del Sol

Mexico

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and Mexico
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Mexico · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9
Mexico · 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

Approximate climate normals for Málaga and Cancún / Riviera Maya: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.