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The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Nuevo Vallarta or Paris?

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 Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Paris for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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. Nuevo Vallarta 84, Paris 9: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Paris 96: Paris leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Paris 97: Paris leads by 91 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Paris 80: Paris leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Paris 52: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Paris 92: Paris leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Paris 79: Paris leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Paris 88: Paris leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Paris 98: Paris leads by 76 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Paris 25: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Paris 88: Paris leads by 70 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Paris 40: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Paris.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Nuevo VallartaParis

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. Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaParis
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m27 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaParis
City population1,3012,103,778
People per km²-19,960
Museums within 10 km0251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.