Italy vs Riviera Maya

Modern wooden suite with horizontal slat cladding perched on rocky hillside overlooking sea, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation and blue flowers.

Aerial view of Barceló Maya Palace resort showing blue pool complex, palm-lined grounds, beachfront buildings, and Caribbean Sea.

Italy and Riviera Maya, 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

Italy compared with Riviera Maya
Italy	Measure	Riviera Maya
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
13	Resorts in our catalog	41 (better)
★ 4.4	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$79–$518/night pp	Nightly rates	$41–$719/night pp (better)
0 of 13	Adults-only resorts	12 of 41
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
October–December	Rainy season	Generally May–October; winter nortes can also bring rain and rough seas
June and September; July–August is hot, busy, and priced accordingly	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

Italy

Riviera Maya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Italy and Riviera Maya
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Italy · high °F	59	60	63	68	75	83	88	88	82	74	66	60
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Italy · rain (in)	2.8	2.4	1.9	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.6	3.9	3.7	3.3
Riviera Maya · 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 Sicily and Playa del Carmen–Tulum: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.