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When to go to Puerto Vallarta
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Puerto Vallarta has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in October to April.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in January to April.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): May.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): June to September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June to December.
- The warmest month is May (32°C) and the coolest December (25°C). The wettest is August (343 mm) and the driest April (1 mm); about 1,388 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayHot
- JunWet
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Puerto Vallarta
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 14°C | 16 mm | 64% | 55% | 4.5 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 27°C | 14°C | 25 mm | 60% | 53% | 5.4 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 29°C | 15°C | 12 mm | 51% | 50% | 6.5 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 31°C | 17°C | 1 mm | 47% | 54% | 7.1 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 32°C | 19°C | 10 mm | 51% | 52% | 7.1 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 155 mm | 70% | 70% | 6.3 | 37°C | Wet |
| July | 27°C | 20°C | 317 mm | 81% | 81% | 6 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 27°C | 21°C | 343 mm | 84% | 84% | 5.8 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 27°C | 20°C | 334 mm | 85% | 86% | 5.1 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 27°C | 19°C | 131 mm | 81% | 62% | 5.1 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 26°C | 16°C | 27 mm | 75% | 47% | 4.8 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 25°C | 14°C | 17 mm | 70% | 55% | 4.3 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
The model's grid cell sits about 863 m higher than the town, so real temperatures there run a little warmer than these.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
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- Zapopan192 kmGood for going: June and September to April
- Guadalajara196 kmGood for going: June and September to April
- Tlaquepaque202 kmGood for going: June and September to April
- Tonalá207 kmGood for going: June and September to April
- Mazatlán315 kmGood for going: October to June
- Aguascalientes336 kmGood for going: January to December
- León de los Aldama373 kmGood for going: August to June
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