Rhodes vs Riviera Maya

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

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

Rhodes 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

Rhodes compared with Riviera Maya
Rhodes	Measure	Riviera Maya
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
9	Resorts in our catalog	39 (better)
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$79–$328/night pp	Nightly rates	$41–$635/night pp (better)
2 of 9	Adults-only resorts	12 of 39
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–February	Rainy season	June–October, heaviest September–October
June and September; July–August is hottest, busiest and windiest	Sweet spot	December–April
Rhodes Diagoras (RHO), most resorts 20–60 min down the east coast	Airport	Cancún (CUN); transfers run 25–90 min depending how far south
Value big-resort beaches, a medieval city, reliable sun	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

Rhodes

Riviera Maya

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Rhodes and Riviera Maya
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rhodes · high °F	59	60	63	69	76	83	87	88	83	76	68	62
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Rhodes · rain (in)	5.9	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	3.9	6.1
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 Rhodes and Playa del Carmen–Tulum: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.