Portugal vs Puerto Vallarta

Resort pool with loungers and umbrellas flanked by white buildings, ocean and coastline visible beyond.

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

Portugal 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

Portugal compared with Puerto Vallarta
Portugal	Measure	Puerto Vallarta
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
16 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	13
★ 4.4 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.3
$47–$333/night pp	Nightly rates	$47–$268/night pp
0 of 16	Adults-only resorts	2 of 13
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
November–March	Rainy season	Usually June–October, with showers and thunderstorms
June–September (the ocean stays refreshingly cool all year)	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

Portugal

Puerto Vallarta

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Portugal and Puerto Vallarta
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Portugal · high °F	61	62	65	68	72	79	84	84	80	74	67	62
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Portugal · rain (in)	3.1	2.6	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.6	3.3	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 Algarve and Banderas Bay: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.