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Best time to visit Puerto Vallarta

January is the best time to visit Puerto Vallarta for general sightseeing, with average highs of 28 °C and about 3 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly November to April.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking January comfort 81/100
A beach holiday January sea 25 °C
The least cloud March 33 % average cloud cover
The least rain April 3 mm
Warmth May 32 °C
Cooler weather January 28 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 January 81 28 °C 3 100
2 February 81 28 °C 2 99
3 March 79 29 °C 1 98
4 December 79 28 °C 3 100
5 April 75 30 °C 1 95
6 November 71 30 °C 5 91
7 May 68 32 °C 3 91
8 October 47 30 °C 19 63
9 June 46 31 °C 18 66
10 September 44 30 °C 28 63
11 July 43 31 °C 28 62
12 August 42 31 °C 29 60

For a beach holiday

January scores highest, with a sea temperature of 25 °C and air temperatures around 28 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 25 °C 28 °C 44 % 100
February 24 °C 28 °C 38 % 99
March 24 °C 29 °C 33 % 98
April 25 °C 30 °C 38 % 95
May 26 °C 32 °C 35 % 91
June 28 °C 31 °C 64 % 66
July 30 °C 31 °C 81 % 62
August 30 °C 31 °C 82 % 60
September 30 °C 30 °C 84 % 63
October 30 °C 30 °C 59 % 63
November 28 °C 30 °C 42 % 91
December 26 °C 28 °C 47 % 100

When to think twice

August scores lowest with about 29 wet days and highs near 31 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
January 27.9 °C 31 mm 44 %
February 28.3 °C 25 mm 38 %
March 29.1 °C 10 mm 33 %
April 30.4 °C 3 mm 38 %
May 31.8 °C 16 mm 35 %
June 31.0 °C 194 mm 64 %
July 30.9 °C 279 mm 81 %
August 30.9 °C 321 mm 82 %
September 30.4 °C 320 mm 84 %
October 30.4 °C 148 mm 59 %
November 29.7 °C 34 mm 42 %
December 28.3 °C 23 mm 47 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.