Photos: Akumal by Alfonzo Buscemi, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.
Akumal or Deer Valley?
Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.
Choose Akumal for
- beaches
- prices
- day trips
What lies behind each score is written up on Akumal’s own page.
Choose Deer Valley for
- getting around
- live music and the arts
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Akumal and Deer Valley.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.
Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Akumal in July
Deer Valley in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Akumal has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.
Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.
Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.
Deer Valley has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Akumal: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Akumal | Deer Valley |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya | - |
| Currency | Mexican Peso (MXN) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | AB127 V, 60 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-5 | UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 11 m | 2,474 m |
| Main airport | Cancún International Airport (CUN)85 km from centre135 non-stop destinations | Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 9 days | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Akumal | Deer Valley |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 2,154 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 0 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | - |
Where else could you go?
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