Bora Bora vs Puerto Vallarta

Four Seasons Bora Bora villa with thatched roof bungalow, private pool, palm trees, and white lounge chairs under umbrellas.

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

Bora Bora 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.

Bora Bora guide · Puerto Vallarta guide · How we score

By the numbers

Bora Bora compared with Puerto Vallarta
Bora Bora	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
2	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$667–$1631/night pp	Nightly rates	$71–$201/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–April	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
May–October (dry season, and peak villa pricing)	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March
Honeymoons, once-in-a-lifetime lagoon trips	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

Bora Bora

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Bora Bora and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bora Bora · high °F	89	89	89	89	87	86	86	86	86	87	88	88
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Bora Bora · rain (in)	13.2	9.6	6.7	5.5	4.0	2.9	2.1	1.9	2.1	3.5	8.3	12.5
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 Bora Bora lagoon and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.