Riviera Maya vs Sri Lanka

Aerial view of Barceló Maya Palace with winding pools, palm trees, and buildings beside the sea.

Curved lagoon-style pool with white resort buildings and red tile roofs surrounded by palm trees at Club Hotel Dolphin.

Riviera Maya and Sri Lanka, 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.

Riviera Maya guide · Sri Lanka guide · How we score

By the numbers

Riviera Maya	vs	Sri Lanka
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
35	Resorts in our catalog	11
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$46–$414/night pp	Nightly rates	$38–$42/night pp
7 of 35	Adults-only resorts	0 of 11
Cancún (CUN); transfers run 25–90 min depending how far south	Airport	Colombo Bandaranaike (CMB), the single hub for almost all arrivals
Mexican peso; USD widely accepted in resort corridors	Currency	Sri Lankan rupee; cards widely accepted at resorts