Kos vs Riviera Maya

Pool deck with loungers overlooking a bay, white modern building, and dining area at Mitsis Selection Blue Domes under blue sky.

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

Kos 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

Kos compared with Riviera Maya
Kos	Measure	Riviera Maya
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	39 (better)
★ 4.8 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$177–$857/night pp	Nightly rates	$41–$635/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	12 of 39
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–March	Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October
June and September; July–August is hottest and windiest	Sweet spot	December–April
Kos (KGS), in the centre of the island; most resorts are 10–30 min away	Airport	Cancún (CUN); transfers run 25–90 min depending how far south
A straightforward beach week, cycling, short transfers, a day in Turkey	Best for	Cenotes + ruins + beach in one trip; low-rise seclusion

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

Kos

Riviera Maya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Kos and Riviera Maya
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kos · high °F	59	59	63	68	76	84	88	88	83	76	68	61
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Kos · rain (in)	5.0	3.4	2.4	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.1	3.6	5.8
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 Kos and Playa del Carmen–Tulum: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.