Puerto Vallarta climate — normals and trends
Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,410 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (19.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Puerto Vallarta averages 0 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Puerto Vallarta has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.5 °C (on 9 May 2002) and the coldest 9.4 °C (on 10 March 2016).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Puerto VallartaJalisco
- coords
- 20.62°, -105.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.4°C
Average daily high
26.7°C
Average daily low
19.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,410mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
4.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.8 °C
Average feels-like low
21.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
162 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
32.5 °C
9 May 2002
Coldest day
9.4 °C
10 March 2016
Wettest day
276 mm
21 September 2000
Windiest day
38.6 km/h
25 October 2002
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
14 October 1994
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
17 July 1989
Coldest feels-like
7.1 °C
14 December 1997
Sunniest day
13.1 h
12 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 24 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 27.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 27.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 29.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 24 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 349 mm | +156 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 267 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 28.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 200 mm | -112 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 343 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 28.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 138 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 28.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 7 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 26.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 29 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puerto Vallarta?
Puerto Vallarta has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.4 °C and it receives 1,410 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puerto Vallarta?
The hottest day measured in Puerto Vallarta between 1940 and 2025 was 9 May 2002, reaching 32.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puerto Vallarta?
The coldest day measured in Puerto Vallarta between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2016, at 9.4 °C.
Does it snow in Puerto Vallarta?
Almost never: Puerto Vallarta sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puerto Vallarta warmed?
Yes: Puerto Vallarta warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puerto Vallarta?
The wettest day measured in Puerto Vallarta between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2000, with 276 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puerto Vallarta?
The windiest day measured in Puerto Vallarta between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2002, with winds reaching 38.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puerto Vallarta?
The warmest month in Puerto Vallarta is June (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (19.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Puerto Vallarta?
Puerto Vallarta receives on average 1,410 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puerto Vallarta?
Puerto Vallarta gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puerto Vallarta?
Yes: Puerto Vallarta has on average 162 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puerto Vallarta?
In Puerto Vallarta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 17 July 1989, and the lowest was 7.1 °C on 14 December 1997.
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