Barbados vs Puerto Vallarta

Multi-story beachfront resort with pool, lounge chairs, and palm-lined sand leading to turquoise Caribbean waters.

Resort pool with white umbrellas and lounge chairs, palm trees, and a multi-story hotel building backed by green mountains.

Puerto Vallarta13 resorts · ★ 4.3 average

Barbados and Puerto Vallarta, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Barbados compared with Puerto Vallarta
Barbados	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
14 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	13
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.3 (better)
$152–$638/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$268/night pp (better)
5 of 14	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–November, typically short heavy showers	Rainy season	Usually June–October, with showers and thunderstorms
December–April	Sweet spot	November–May, outside the usual rainy season

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Barbados

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Barbados and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barbados · high °F	83	83	84	86	87	87	87	88	88	87	86	84
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Barbados · rain (in)	2.6	1.6	1.3	1.4	2.3	4.4	5.8	5.8	6.7	7.0	6.1	3.8
Puerto Vallarta · rain (in)	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.5	7.0	11.0	10.5	13.5	4.0	0.8	0.5

Approximate climate normals for West & south coasts and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.