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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Frankfurt or Nuevo Vallarta?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Frankfurt for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’s own page.

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Frankfurt 8, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Frankfurt leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Frankfurt leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Frankfurt leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Frankfurt leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Frankfurt leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Frankfurt leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FrankfurtNuevo Vallarta

Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtNuevo Vallarta
Official languageGermanSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation101 m3 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtNuevo Vallarta
City population760,6561,301
People per km²3,063-
Museums within 10 km530
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.