Belek vs Puerto Vallarta

Rectangular pool with blue tile in manicured lawn facing modern beige villa with lounge chairs, umbrellas, and woven hanging chair at Gloria Serenity Resort.

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

Belek 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

Belek compared with Puerto Vallarta
Belek	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
8	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$1–$734/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$47–$268/night pp
0 of 8	Adults-only resorts	3 of 13
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–February	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March
Antalya (AYT), most resorts 30–45 min	Airport	Puerto Vallarta (PVR), most resorts 10–40 min
Big-resort value, golf, families who want everything on site	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

Belek

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Belek and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Belek · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	88	80	70	62
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Belek · rain (in)	8.6	5.7	3.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	3.3	6.3	10.4
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 Antalya and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.