Lara & Antalya vs Puerto Vallarta

Aerial view of Concorde De Luxe Resort's distinctive white building with curved wings overlooking multiple pools, beach, and turquoise Mediterranean Sea with boats.

Lara & Antalya10 resorts · ★ 4.5 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

Lara & Antalya 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

Lara & Antalya compared with Puerto Vallarta
Lara & Antalya	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
10	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.5 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$63–$243/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$268/night pp (better)
0 of 10	Adults-only resorts	3 of 13
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
November–February	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March
Antalya (AYT), Lara resorts 10–20 min, Konyaaltı 30–40 min	Airport	Puerto Vallarta (PVR), most resorts 10–40 min
Short transfers, big-resort value with a city attached, the old town	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

Lara & Antalya

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Lara & Antalya and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lara & Antalya · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	88	80	70	62
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Lara & Antalya · rain (in)	8.6	5.7	3.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	3.3	6.3	10.4
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 Antalya and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.