Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Vallarta weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Puerto Vallarta: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tepic (105 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 1.2°C cooler than Puerto Vallarta, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta ranks joint 40th of 153 for the warmest April highs and 25th of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Puerto Vallarta is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Puerto Vallarta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 34 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 24 | 2.0 | 11.511 h |
| March | 29.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 10 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 12.613 h |
| May | 32.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 16 | 3.0 | 13.113 h |
| June | 31.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 200 | 18.8 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 285 | 28.6 | 13.313 h |
| August | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 342 | 29.8 | 12.813 h |
| September | 30.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 333 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 149 | 19.0 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 35 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| December | 28.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 25 | 2.8 | 10.911 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Tepic in AprilMexico · 105 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Mexico in AprilMexico · 191 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Zapopan in AprilMexico · 192 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in AprilMexico · 193 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Guadalajara in AprilMexico · 196 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in AprilMexico · 202 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Tonalá in AprilMexico · 207 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in AprilMexico · 210 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 7.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Puerto Vallarta) is explained once on the Puerto Vallarta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.