Malaysia vs Puerto Vallarta

Workers unload cardboard boxes and supplies from an open truck bed at Club Med Borneo.

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

Malaysia 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.

Malaysia guide · Puerto Vallarta guide · How we score

By the numbers

Malaysia compared with Puerto Vallarta
Malaysia	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1	Resorts in our catalog	13 (better)
★ 4.2	Average guest rating	★ 4.3 (better)
–	Nightly rates	$71–$201/night pp
0 of 1	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	Low hurricane risk
April–October, wettest September–October	Rainy season	June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills
December–March	Sweet spot	November–May; whales in the bay December–March

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

Malaysia

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Malaysia and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Malaysia · high °F	90	91	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Malaysia · rain (in)	1.4	2.0	4.1	7.4	9.1	7.0	7.8	8.5	12.8	13.5	9.2	3.5
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 Langkawi and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.