Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
Nuevo Vallarta or Steamboat Springs?
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
- day trips
- prices
What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’s own page.
Choose Steamboat Springs for
- getting around
- wellness
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Steamboat Springs.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.
Wins on getting around and wellness 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
Steamboat Springs in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
Steamboat Springs has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
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. Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Nuevo Vallarta | Steamboat Springs |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya | - |
| Currency | Mexican Peso (MXN) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | AB127 V, 60 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-6 | UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 3 m | 2,052 m |
| Main airport | Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations | Yampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 9 days | 12 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Nuevo Vallarta | Steamboat Springs |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 1,301 | 13,224 |
| People per km² | - | 503 |
| Museums within 10 km | 0 | 0 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | - |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Nuevo Vallarta or Steamboat Springs somewhere new.