Canary Islands vs Puerto Vallarta

Illuminated pools with striped umbrellas and loungers at Bahia Principe Fantasia Tenerife, multi-story resort buildings at dusk.

Canary Islands15 resorts · ★ 4.6 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

Canary Islands 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

Canary Islands compared with Puerto Vallarta
Canary Islands	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
15 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	13
★ 4.6 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$83–$260/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$268/night pp (better)
3 of 15	Adults-only resorts	3 of 13
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–February, lightly, and mostly on the north coasts	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
Year-round; December–March is when the islands earn their keep, and summer is the value season	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March
Winter sun, a spring-like year-round climate, big well-run resorts	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

Canary Islands

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Canary Islands and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canary Islands · high °F	70	71	73	74	76	79	83	84	82	79	75	71
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Canary Islands · rain (in)	1.2	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.1	1.3
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 Tenerife South and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.