Los Cabos vs Riviera Maya

Oceanfront wedding ceremony setup at Le Blanc Spa Resort Los Cabos with white chairs, stone archway, and sea views.

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

Los Cabos 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.

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By the numbers

Los Cabos compared with Riviera Maya
Los Cabos	Measure	Riviera Maya
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1	Resorts in our catalog	39 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
–	Nightly rates	$46–$635/night pp
1 of 1	Adults-only resorts	9 of 39
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Essentially just September, and briefly	Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October
October–June; whales December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
Los Cabos (SJD), Corridor resorts 20–45 min	Airport	Cancún (CUN); transfers run 25–90 min depending how far south
Adults-leaning luxury, golf, whale season, West Coast escapes	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

Los Cabos

Riviera Maya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Los Cabos and Riviera Maya
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Los Cabos · high °F	78	79	81	85	89	93	93	92	90	88	84	80
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Los Cabos · rain (in)	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	0.6
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 Cabo San Lucas / San José del Cabo and Playa del Carmen–Tulum: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.