Jalisco · Mexico
Puerto Vallarta in December
In December, Puerto Vallarta averages a daytime high of 30 °C and a night-time low of 16 °C, with about 15 mm of rain over the month. Puerto Vallarta has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here.
- Average high
- 30 °C
- Average low
- 16 °C
- Rain in the month
- 15 mm
- Daylight on 15 Dec
- 10 h 50 min
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 92
When to go
How December compares with the rest of the year in Puerto Vallarta
December is tied for the coolest month in Puerto Vallarta by average daytime high; across the year the highs run from 30 °C to 34 °C and the lows from 15 °C to 23 °C. By day, December is 2 °C cooler than November, and January is about the same as December.
December brings 15 mm of rain, less than the monthly average of 114 mm (1370 mm a year); it is tied for the 7th wettest month.
On 15 December the sun is up for about 10 h 50 min, against 10 h 50 min at the shortest and 13 h 20 min at the longest point of the year (calculated from the latitude, sunrise to sunset).
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 °C | 15 °C | 15 mm | |
| February | 31 °C | 15 °C | 9 mm | |
| March | 31 °C | 15 °C | 6 mm | |
| April | 33 °C | 17 °C | 2 mm | |
| May | 34 °C | 19 °C | 7 mm | |
| June | 34 °C | 22 °C | 169 mm | |
| July | 34 °C | 23 °C | 300 mm | |
| August | 34 °C | 23 °C | 324 mm | |
| September | 33 °C | 22 °C | 360 mm | |
| October | 33 °C | 21 °C | 144 mm | |
| November | 32 °C | 19 °C | 21 mm | |
| December | 30 °C | 16 °C | 15 mm |
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
When to go
Is December a good time to visit Puerto Vallarta?
Not by the measure used here: the average high of 30 °C is above 29 °C. No month in Puerto Vallarta meets it.
The measure is about weather for a city stay only; it says nothing about events, school holidays or prices.
Public holidays in Mexico in December
Nationwide public holidays; shops and offices may close on these dates.
When to go
Destinations near Puerto Vallarta that are comfortable in December
Within 300 km, nearest first, by the same measure.
Where to stay
Where to stay in Puerto Vallarta
This guide lists 92 places to stay in Puerto Vallarta: 2 chain properties with their details and own websites, and 90 hotels recorded in Wikidata. By straight-line distance from the centre: under 1 km, 1; 1–3 km, 27; 3–10 km, 43; 10 km or more, 21.
Sources: climate from CRU TS v4.10 (Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia; Open Database License), 1991–2020 averages; day length calculated from the latitude; public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay from each operator's own public pages and Wikidata. How this guide is made.