Puerto Vallarta vs Viti Levu

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

Puerto Vallarta and Viti Levu, 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 Viti Levu
Puerto Vallarta	Measure	Viti Levu
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	–
13 (better)	Resorts in our catalog	5
★ 4.3	Average guest rating	★ 4.4 (better)
$71–$201/night pp (better)	Nightly rates	$123–$509/night pp
2 of 13	Adults-only resorts	0 of 5
Low hurricane risk (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
June–October: dramatic afternoon storms, lush green hills	Rainy season	November–April, wettest January–March; the resort-lined west and south are the island's dry side
November–May; whales in the bay December–March	Sweet spot	May–October: dry, mid-80s, and aligned with northern-summer holidays
Puerto Vallarta (PVR), most resorts 10–40 min	Airport	Nadi (NAN); Denarau 20 min, Coral Coast 60–90 min by road
Calm swimmable water, town culture with your resort, LGBTQ+-friendly scene	Best for	Families, first Fiji trips, no-boat-transfer logistics
Banderas Bay sunsets; whales December–March	Signature	Legendary kids' clubs and village-visit culture

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

Viti Levu

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Puerto Vallarta and Viti Levu
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
Viti Levu · high °F	88	88	87	85	83	81	80	80	82	84	86	87
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
Viti Levu · rain (in)	11.9	11.3	12.9	7.1	3.9	2.4	1.9	2.4	3.2	4.2	5.5	7.5

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