Region · Puerto Rico
Where to stay in Puerto Rico
This guide covers 15 destinations in Puerto Rico, a first-level administrative division of Puerto Rico, with 2 places to stay between them. The largest by population are San Juan, Bayamón and Carolina. Across its destinations, March is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG).
- Destinations in this guide
- 15
- Places to stay
- 2
- Comfortable in the most places
- March
- Main airport
- SIGFernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/Puerto Rico
Destinations
Destinations in Puerto Rico
Every destination in this guide in Puerto Rico, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan | 342,259 | 1 | SIG · 2 km |
| Santurce | 94,067 | 1 | SJU · 5 km |
| Bayamón | 185,187 | SIG · 10 km | |
| Carolina | 154,815 | SJU · 7 km | |
| Ponce | 137,491 | PSE · 5 km | |
| Caguas | 127,244 | SJU · 23 km | |
| Guaynabo | 89,780 | SIG · 10 km | |
| Arecibo | 87,754 | BQN · 43 km | |
| Toa Baja | 75,293 | SIG · 16 km | |
| Mayagüez | 73,077 | MAZ · 6 km | |
| Trujillo Alto | 67,740 | SJU · 9 km | |
| Toa Alta | 66,852 | SIG · 18 km | |
| Aguadilla | 55,101 | BQN · 2 km | |
| Vega Baja | 54,414 | SIG · 31 km | |
| Humacao | 50,896 | NRR · 23 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Puerto Rico
2 hotels in Puerto Rico recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Puerto Rico
From the climate of 15 destinations in Puerto Rico with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: March.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 15 | 26 °C | 143 mm |
| February | 2 of 15 | 26 °C | 96 mm |
| March | 13 of 15 | 27 °C | 68 mm |
| April | 0 of 15 | 28 °C | 130 mm |
| May | 0 of 15 | 29 °C | 161 mm |
| June | 0 of 15 | 30 °C | 148 mm |
| July | 0 of 15 | 29 °C | 200 mm |
| August | 0 of 15 | 30 °C | 195 mm |
| September | 0 of 15 | 30 °C | 205 mm |
| October | 0 of 15 | 29 °C | 178 mm |
| November | 0 of 15 | 28 °C | 196 mm |
| December | 0 of 15 | 27 °C | 144 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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).
Getting there
Airports serving Puerto Rico
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Puerto Rico name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SIG · Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport
SJU · Luis Munoz Marin International Airport
BQN · Rafael Hernández International Airport
NRR · José Aponte de la Torre Airport
PSE · Mercedita International Airport
MAZ · Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport
VQS · Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Puerto Rico, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Puerto Rico
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.