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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
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Nuevo Vallarta or Perth?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Perth 58: Perth leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Perth 42: Perth leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Perth 42: Perth leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Perth 72: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Perth 48: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Perth 74: Perth leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Perth 55: Perth leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Perth 44: Perth leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Perth 28: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Perth 50: Perth leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Perth 38: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Perth.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaPerth
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaPerth
City population1,3012,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. 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.