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.

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	6
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.5 (better)
$47–$268/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$268–$2073/night pp
2 of 13	Adults-only resorts	1 of 6
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
Usually June–October, with showers and thunderstorms	Rainy season	September–December, and even then it's one of the drier corners of the Caribbean
November–May, outside the usual rainy season	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.