Puerto Vallarta vs Turks & Caicos

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

White modern villa with turquoise pool overlooking ocean beach at Ambergris Cay, with lounge chairs and covered patio seating.

Puerto Vallarta and Turks & Caicos, 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.

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By the numbers

Puerto Vallarta compared with Turks & Caicos
Puerto Vallarta	Measure	Turks & Caicos
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	★ 4.4 (better)
$71–$201/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$333–$1227/night pp
2 of 13	Adults-only resorts	1 of 5
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills	Rainy season	September–December, and even then it's one of the drier corners of the Caribbean
November–May; whales in the bay December–March	Sweet spot	December–April, with May–June a good-value shoulder

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

Turks & Caicos

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Puerto Vallarta and Turks & Caicos
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
Turks & Caicos · high °F	81	81	83	84	87	89	90	90	89	87	84	82
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
Turks & Caicos · rain (in)	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.0	2.5

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