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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

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

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • 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. Nairobi 4, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Nuevo Vallarta 40: Nairobi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Nairobi leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Nairobi leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Nairobi leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Nairobi leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Nairobi leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Nairobi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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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NairobiNuevo 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. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureNairobiNuevo Vallarta
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999911
Elevation1,661 m3 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiNuevo Vallarta
City population5,545,0001,301
People per km²7,967-
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.