Puerto Vallarta vs Soufrière & South St. Lucia

Outdoor dining pavilion with red clay tile roof and white columns at Meliá Puerto Vallarta, with modern resort building and palm trees behind it.

Puerto Vallarta13 resorts · ★ 4.3 average

Private villa courtyard at Serenity at Coconut Bay with turquoise plunge pool, loungers, and pink cottage beyond palm trees.

Soufrière & South St. Lucia5 resorts · ★ 4.6 average

Puerto Vallarta and Soufrière & South St. Lucia, 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

Puerto Vallarta compared with Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Puerto Vallarta	Measure	Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
13 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$78–$309/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$300–$1825/night pp
2 of 13	Adults-only resorts	4 of 5
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Usually June–October, with showers and thunderstorms	Rainy season	June–November, heaviest September–October
November–May, outside the usual rainy season	Sweet spot	December–April
Puerto Vallarta International (PVR)	Airport	Hewanorra (UVF) at Vieux Fort: Soufrière 45–60 min, the Vieux Fort resorts 5–10 min
Town outings, restaurants and a beach-resort stay	Best for	Honeymoons, the view, snorkelling off Anse Chastanet, a resort beside the airport

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

Puerto Vallarta

Soufrière & South St. Lucia

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Puerto Vallarta and Soufrière & South St. Lucia
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta · high °F	82	82	82	84	87	90	92	92	90	89	86	83
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · high °F	84	84	85	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	84
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
Soufrière & South St. Lucia · rain (in)	3.7	2.6	2.4	3.4	4.4	7.5	8.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	7.7	5.2

Approximate climate normals for Banderas Bay and Hewanorra (Vieux Fort); the hills above Soufrière run wetter: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.