Puerto Vallarta vs Tanzania

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

Thatched-roof pavilion with blue curtains surrounded by palm trees, flowering plants, and a small pool at The Palms Zanzibar.

Puerto Vallarta and Tanzania, 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.

Puerto Vallarta guide · Tanzania guide · How we score

By the numbers

Puerto Vallarta compared with Tanzania
Puerto Vallarta	Measure	Tanzania
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 3: Reconsider Travel
13	Resorts in our catalog	14 (better)
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.7 (better)
$71–$201/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$152–$615/night pp
2 of 13	Adults-only resorts	0 of 14
Low hurricane risk	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November
November–May; whales in the bay December–March	Sweet spot	June–October and December–February

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

Tanzania

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Puerto Vallarta and Tanzania
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
Tanzania · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
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
Tanzania · rain (in)	3.0	2.4	5.9	15.3	7.8	1.9	1.1	1.4	2.0	3.5	8.0	5.5

Approximate climate normals for Banderas Bay and Zanzibar: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.