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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Kathmandu 4, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Kathmandu leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Kathmandu leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Kathmandu leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu and Nuevo Vallarta are level on 25.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Kathmandu leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Kathmandu leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Kathmandu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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KathmanduNuevo 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. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduNuevo Vallarta
Official languageNepaliSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101911
Elevation1,300 m3 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduNuevo Vallarta
City population845,7671,301
People per km²17,121-
Museums within 10 km90
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.