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Puerto Vallarta Climate Chart Month  Number  of Rain Days  Average   High (ºF/ºC)   Average  Low (ºF/ºC)  Averages   Precipitation  (inches) January 2 80/27 62/17 0.8/0.9  February 1 80/27 62/17 0.2/0.3  March 1 81/27 63/17 <0.1 April 0 82/28 65/18 <0.1 May 1 85/29 70/21 <0.1 June 10-13 88/31 76/24 5.9/6 July 15-20 89/32 76/24 10.3/10.4 August 15-22 90/32 76/24 11.1/11.2   September  14-18 90/32 76/24 9.4/9.5 October 5-11 89/32 74/23 3.4/3.5 November 1-2 85/29 69/21 0.5/0.6 December 2 81/27 65/18 0.6/0.7 Puerto Vallarta Weather-Climate Puerto Vallarta, Mexico enjoys over 280-310 days of sunshine yearly and basically has two seasons. From November until May is the dry season, when rain is rare, the sky relatively cloudless and the nights mild. The daytime temperature averages 78-85 degrees Fahrenheit and can drop down to 55-60 °F at night during the "high season" winter months. The temperate sub-tropical climate, rather comparable to that in Hawaii, is one reason tourists in winter flock to Puerto Vallarta from the U.S. and Canada. As you can see from the temperature-rainfall chart above, Puerto Vallarta weather from November/December through March/April is near perfect; so you might say Nov-April is the best Puerto Vallarta weather. Water temperatures here year round are warm, ranging from 75 °F in January-March, to highs of 84-86 °F in July-September. Go here for current Puerto Vallarta water temperature. Probably best to bring long pants and a light sweater for the cooler winter evenings. See what to wear below.   The rain normally starts right on the money in mid-June and increases in frequency and duration until there are often daily downpours July through September, usually in the late afternoon or at night. The rains continue into October, really tapering off around the middle of the month. It is hot and muggy. The summer daytime temperature averages 88-93 °F daily and 73-78 °F or warmer at night. There is little underground drainage, so some streets become streams during the tropical summer rains, which are quite intense at times. The electrical thunderstorms lighting up Banderas Bay are one of the pleasures at this time of year. Total rainfall in Puerto Vallarta amounts to a fairly substantial 45-60 inches a year. The town is increasingly popular during the quieter summer months because of cheaper airfares and the word is out about how gay friendly Puerto Vallarta has become. To check the current Puerto Vallarta weather and forecast, click here for the Weather Channel, Wunderground, CNN or Yahoo.

One of the best Puerto Vallarta local resources on the weather with charts and graphs on temperatures, days with rain and sun, humidity, etc is Claudio Giovannelli's Puerto Vallarta Weather website. I usually check this one for the 10 day extended Puerto Vallarta weather forecast. Go here for some satellite images available at the Weather Channel (all of Mexico) and the Wunderground - Eastern Pacific Visible Satellite.

Travel tips: Clothing - What to Wear: For the late autumn, winter, and early spring months (November to April, the basic 'high season' of international tourism here): Bring lighter clothing for the sunny warm days - most gay guys spend their holidays at the Puerto Vallarta gay beach, on one of the PV gay cruises or tours or out and around town shopping or sightseeing - so shorts, bathing suits, speedos, tank tops and t-shirts are the norm. During these high season months at night it's shorts or long pants, dress or casual shirt and perhaps even a light sweater for the cooler nights. Most guys who go out later to visit with friends, cruise, drink and dance wear shorts or jeans and a light shirt; some guys dress quite lightly in shorts and tank top for dancing at their favorite Puerto Vallarta gay nightclub. For summer months and early autumn (May to October): It's sunny, hot and humid during the days and still warm in the evenings, so wear cool and casual light clothing at the beach and at night; an umbrella from June through September is a good idea as there's rain many evenings-nights. I'd also bring several pairs of shoes and sandals for any season. And remember the supply of 8-30+ SPF sunscreen for year round is a good idea.

Puerto Vallarta Hurricane season: Because of the topography of Banderas Bay, which is shaped like a gigantic horseshoe opening to the Pacific Ocean on the west, this area is quite well protected from hurricanes that pass up the coast during the Puerto Vallarta hurricane season in the late summer and early autumn (July to early-October). Hurricanes and tropical storms seem to either swing out into the Pacific Ocean or continue on up towards Baja California and the Sea of Cortez. Only once in the last 40 years did Vallarta suffer serious damages in certain parts of town (estimated in the neighborhood of $100 million) when Category 5 Hurricane Kenna passed by for a few hours on the morning of October 25, 2002, making landfall some 100-120 miles to the northwest near San Blas, Nayarit.