French Polynesia vs Puerto Vallarta

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

French Polynesia2 resorts · ★ 4.7 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

French Polynesia 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

French Polynesia compared with Puerto Vallarta
French Polynesia	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	$47–$268/night pp (better)
0 of 2	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–April	Rainy season	Usually June–October, with showers and thunderstorms
May–October (dry season; also peak overwater-bungalow pricing)	Sweet spot	November–May, outside the usual rainy season

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

French Polynesia

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for French Polynesia and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
French Polynesia · 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
French Polynesia · 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 Tahiti / Bora Bora and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.