Riviera Maya vs Soufrière & South St. Lucia

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

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Soufrière & South St. Lucia5 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Riviera Maya and Soufrière & South St. Lucia, 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

Riviera Maya compared with Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Riviera Maya	Measure	Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
39 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.6	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$41–$635/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$116–$810/night pp
12 of 39	Adults-only resorts	4 of 5
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–October, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
December–April	Sweet spot	December–April
Cancún (CUN); transfers run 25–90 min depending how far south	Airport	Hewanorra (UVF) at Vieux Fort: Soufrière 45–60 min, the Vieux Fort resorts 5–10 min
Cenotes + ruins + beach in one trip; low-rise seclusion	Best for	Honeymoons, the view, snorkelling off Anse Chastanet, a resort beside the airport

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

Riviera Maya

Soufrière & South St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Riviera Maya and Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Riviera Maya · high °F	82	83	85	87	89	90	90	91	89	87	84	82
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

Approximate climate normals for Playa del Carmen–Tulum and Hewanorra (Vieux Fort); the hills above Soufrière run wetter: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.