Halkidiki vs Puerto Vallarta

Large curved swimming pool with bright turquoise water overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, with white umbrellas, loungers, and pine trees at Ikos Oceania.

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

Halkidiki 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

Halkidiki compared with Puerto Vallarta
Halkidiki	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
3	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$342–$472/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$268/night pp (better)
0 of 3	Adults-only resorts	3 of 13
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
October–December, lightly; no true wet season	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
June and September; May can still be cool in the water	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March
Thessaloniki (SKG); Kassandra 60–75 min, Sithonia and Ouranoupoli around 2 h	Airport	Puerto Vallarta (PVR), most resorts 10–40 min
Calm shallow swimming, a local rather than package feel, luxury without an island ferry	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

Halkidiki

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Halkidiki and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Halkidiki · high °F	50	53	59	67	76	84	89	89	81	71	61	53
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Halkidiki · rain (in)	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.2	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.1	2.0
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 Thessaloniki (the coast runs a touch milder) and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.