Photos: Puerto Vallarta by RL0919, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Puerto Vallarta or West Palm Beach?
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 Puerto Vallarta for
- prices
- nightlife
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Vallarta’s own page.
Choose West Palm Beach for
- shopping
- live music and the arts
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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: Puerto Vallarta and West Palm Beach.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.
Wins on shopping 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.
Puerto Vallarta in July
West Palm Beach in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Puerto 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. Puerto Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Puerto Vallarta | West Palm Beach |
|---|---|---|
| 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-5, UTC-4 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 101 m | 6 m |
| Main airport | Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)5 km from centre52 non-stop destinations | President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 9 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Puerto Vallarta | West Palm Beach |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 224,166 | 117,415 |
| People per km² | 4,311 | 786 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 4 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Puerto Vallarta or West Palm Beach somewhere new.