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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 CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nuevo Vallarta or Toronto?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Toronto 52: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Toronto 50: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Toronto 34: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Toronto 33: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Nuevo VallartaToronto

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. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaToronto
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m76 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaToronto
City population1,3012,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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.