Jalisco · Mexico
Puerto Vallarta in May
In May, Puerto Vallarta averages a daytime high of 34 °C and a night-time low of 19 °C, with about 7 mm of rain over the month. Puerto Vallarta has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here.
- Average high
- 34 °C
- Average low
- 19 °C
- Rain in the month
- 7 mm
- Daylight on 15 May
- 13 h 10 min
- Comfortable month
- No
- Places to stay
- 92
When to go
How May compares with the rest of the year in Puerto Vallarta
May is tied for the warmest 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, May is 2 °C warmer than April, and June is about the same as May.
May brings 7 mm of rain, less than the monthly average of 114 mm (1370 mm a year); it is the 10th wettest month.
On 15 May the sun is up for about 13 h 10 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 May a good time to visit Puerto Vallarta?
Not by the measure used here: the average high of 34 °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 May
Nationwide public holidays; shops and offices may close on these dates.
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.