Puerto Vallarta Temperatures & Rainfall: Averages by Month

Here you'll find information on the typical weather for each month in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

There are averages for maximum and minimum temperatures in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit. These are followed by details about extremes – how hot and cold the beach resort can actually get during each month.

For rainfall in Puerto Vallarta there are monthly totals of the number of days with wet weather and for the amount of rain the Pacific coast city receives. Besides these averages, there are also data on how much a month's precipitation can vary from year to year.

The averages for temperature and rainfall are from weather data collected during 1981 to 2010. The usual ranges for hottest and coldest temperatures and total precipitation are based on the extremes recorded from 1980 to 2009.

Monthly Temperature Averages

Winter temperatures at Puerto Vallarta are quite comfortable with daily highs averaging 79 degrees Fahrenheit (26 °C) and lows of 55 °F (13 °C). Summers are several degrees higher, as days typically heat up to 86 °F (30 °C) and nights cool off to 69 °F (21 °C).

Puerto Vallarta daily average temperatures

High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
78	55	January	26	13
79	55	February	26	13
80	55	March	27	13
82	58	April	28	14
84	63	May	29	17
85	69	June	30	21
86	69	July	30	21
87	69	August	31	21
87	69	September	31	21
87	67	October	30	20
84	61	November	29	16
80	57	December	27	14
83	62	Year	29	17

How Hot Can Puerto Vallarta Get?

The temperature usually reaches at least 80.6 °F (27 °C) every month at Puerto Vallarta. But the vacation destination normally gets no hotter than 103.1 °F (39.5 °C).

This table gives the range for each month of the highest officially recorded temperatures from 1980 to 2009. For example, some Januarys only get as hot as 82 °F, while in other years the month's temperature has climbed as high as 91 °F. Usually the hottest day for any January falls in between those two extremes.

Range for the highest monthly temperature at Puerto Vallarta

Range °F		Range °C
82 - 91	January	28 - 33
81 - 91	February	27 - 33
82 - 91	March	28 - 33
82 - 98	April	28 - 37
85 - 95	May	30 - 35
85 - 97	June	30 - 36
87 - 103	July	31 - 40
88 - 102	August	31 - 39
87 - 93	September	31 - 34
88 - 95	October	31 - 35
86 - 101	November	30 - 39
82 - 89	December	28 - 32

How Cold Does it Get in Puerto Vallarta?

Every month, the temperature at Puerto Vallarta usually drops to 68.9 °F (20.5 °C) or lower. Generally the city gets no colder than 40.1 °F (4.5 °C).

Typical range of lowest monthly temperatures at Puerto Vallarta

Range °F		Range °C
44 - 55	January	7 - 13
45 - 56	February	7 - 14
40 - 54	March	5 - 12
46 - 59	April	8 - 15
53 - 63	May	12 - 17
57 - 68	June	14 - 20
57 - 69	July	14 - 21
57 - 69	August	14 - 21
63 - 69	September	17 - 21
51 - 68	October	11 - 20
50 - 62	November	10 - 17
49 - 55	December	10 - 13

Total Rainfall Averages per Month

Winters bring dry weather to Puerto Vallarta, with averages of just two days and one inch (23 millimetres) of rain a month.

The summer climate here is considerably wetter. The rainfall then averages out to 18 days a month totalling 13 inches (323 mm). Usually September is Puerto Vallarta's rainiest time of year.

The number of rainy days includes those when rainfall amounted to 0.004 inches (0.1 mm) or more.

Average amount of rain at Puerto Vallarta

Days		Inches	Milli­metres
2	January	1.5	37
1	February	0.5	12
1	March	0.2	4
1	April	0.2	4
2	May	0.7	18
15	June	8.9	227
20	July	14.3	362
21	August	14.9	380
20	September	16.9	429
9	October	4.9	125
2	November	0.9	24
2	December	0.8	21
95	Year	64.6	1641

How Rainy is Puerto Vallarta?

How much it rains each month at Puerto Vallarta varies from year to year. To show what's possible, here's the range of total rainfall that's been measured – the driest and wettest per month.

From November to May, Puerto Vallarta can go through an entire month without any rain. Then from June to September, the beach resort can expect at least 1.4 inches (36 mm) of precipitation during each month or as much as 42 inches (1077 mm).

Typical range of total rainfall

Inches		Milli­metres
0 - 13	January	0 - 331
0 - 4.1	February	0 - 105
0 - 1.1	March	0 - 28
0 - 3.2	April	0 - 82
0 - 8.6	May	0 - 218
1.4 - 20.3	June	36 - 515
7.1 - 22.1	July	181 - 561
5.3 - 27.5	August	134 - 698
4.7 - 42.4	September	121 - 1077
0.1 - 9.6	October	2 - 244
0 - 5.3	November	0 - 136
0 - 5.4	December	0 - 137
1 - 89.6	Year	26 - 2277