Riviera Maya vs Viti Levu

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

Riviera Maya and Viti Levu, 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

Riviera Maya compared with Viti Levu
Riviera Maya	Measure	Viti Levu
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
39 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.4
$46–$635/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$123–$509/night pp
9 of 39	Adults-only resorts	0 of 5
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–October, heaviest September–October	Rainy season	November–April, wettest January–March; the resort-lined west and south are the island's dry side
December–April	Sweet spot	May–October: dry, mid-80s, and aligned with northern-summer holidays
Cancún (CUN); transfers run 25–90 min depending how far south	Airport	Nadi (NAN); Denarau 20 min, Coral Coast 60–90 min by road
Cenotes + ruins + beach in one trip; low-rise seclusion	Best for	Families, first Fiji trips, no-boat-transfer logistics
Jungle-meets-sea resorts; the cenote belt inland	Signature	Legendary kids' clubs and village-visit culture

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

Viti Levu

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Riviera Maya and Viti Levu
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
Viti Levu · high °F	88	88	87	85	83	81	80	80	82	84	86	87
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
Viti Levu · rain (in)	11.9	11.3	12.9	7.1	3.9	2.4	1.9	2.4	3.2	4.2	5.5	7.5

Approximate climate normals for Playa del Carmen–Tulum and Nadi / Denarau: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.