Barbados West Coast vs Puerto Vallarta

Treasure Beach Art Hotel, Barbados, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort

Barbados West Coast6 resorts · ★ 4.3 average

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 West Coast 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.

Barbados West Coast guide · Puerto Vallarta guide · How we score

By the numbers

Barbados West Coast compared with Puerto Vallarta
Barbados West Coast	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.3 (better)
$152–$249/night pp	Nightly rates	$71–$201/night pp (better)
3 of 6	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
June–November, typically short heavy showers	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
December–April	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March
Bridgetown (BGI), 30–40 min up the coast road	Airport	Puerto Vallarta (PVR), most resorts 10–40 min
Couples, calm-water swimmers, quiet polish	Best for	Calm swimmable water, town culture with your resort, LGBTQ+-friendly scene

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 West Coast

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Barbados West Coast and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barbados West Coast · 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 West Coast · 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 Holetown (west coast) and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.