Greece vs Mexico

Curved turquoise pool with metal railing overlooking white resort buildings, beach loungers, and Mediterranean Sea under clear blue sky.

Greece 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

Greece compared with Mexico
Greece	Measure	Mexico
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
34	Resorts in our catalog	91 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$45–$614/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$55–$1694/night pp
6 of 34	Adults-only resorts	31 of 91
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–February	Rainy season	Generally May–October on the Caribbean coast; rain can also occur in winter
Late May–June and September–early October (July–August is hottest and busiest)	Sweet spot	December–April
Greek (English widely spoken)	Language	Spanish (English at many resorts)
Euro	Currency	Mexican peso (MXN)
230V, European Type C/F plugs	Power	Type A/B plugs, as in the U.S.
On the right	Driving	On the right

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

Greece

Mexico

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Greece and Mexico
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Greece · high °F	60	61	64	69	76	83	85	85	81	74	68	62
Mexico · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Greece · rain (in)	3.5	3.0	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.8	2.7	2.3	3.0
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 Crete and Cancún / Riviera Maya: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.