Costa del Sol vs Puerto Vallarta

Ikos Andalusia's outdoor bar terrace features woven pendant lamps, bar seating, and tall palm trees with pink flowering plants in foreground.

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

Costa del Sol 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

Costa del Sol compared with Puerto Vallarta
Costa del Sol	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
6	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.4 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$67–$526/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$268/night pp (better)
0 of 6	Adults-only resorts	3 of 13
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–March	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
June and September; July–August is hottest and busiest	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March
Málaga (AGP), most resorts 20–60 min west along the coast	Airport	Puerto Vallarta (PVR), most resorts 10–40 min
Sun with Andalusia attached; day trips to Granada, Seville and Ronda	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

Costa del Sol

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Costa del Sol and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Costa del Sol · high °F	63	64	67	70	75	81	86	86	82	75	68	64
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Costa del Sol · rain (in)	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.9	2.2	3.7	3.9
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 Málaga and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.