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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 British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Nuevo Vallarta or Victoria?

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
  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Victoria for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Victoria 42: Victoria leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Victoria 30: Victoria leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Victoria 54: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Victoria 62: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Victoria 34: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Victoria 48: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Victoria.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Victoria
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Nuevo VallartaVictoria

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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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. Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaVictoria
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation3 m23 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaVictoria
City population1,30191,867
People per km²-4,711
Museums within 10 km06
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. 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.