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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 Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nuevo Vallarta or Tromso?

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 Tromso for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Tromso 36: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Tromso 27: Tromso leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Tromso 14: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Tromso 45: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Tromso 15: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Tromso 11: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Tromso 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 Tromso.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
Best match
43match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaTromso
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation3 m20 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaTromso
City population1,30179,943
People per km²-32
Museums within 10 km08
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.