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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Geneva 45, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Geneva leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Geneva leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Geneva leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Geneva leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva and Nuevo Vallarta are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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GenevaNuevo 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGenevaNuevo Vallarta
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m3 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaNuevo Vallarta
City population211,1521,301
People per km²13,280-
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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. 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.