Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Vallarta weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Puerto Vallarta: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 342 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tepic (105 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 3.3°C cooler than Puerto Vallarta, with 393 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta ranks joint 50th of 153 for the warmest August highs and 149th of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Puerto Vallarta is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 342 mm to 333 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Tepic in AugustMexico · 105 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 393 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Mexico in AugustMexico · 191 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Zapopan in AugustMexico · 192 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 197 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in AugustMexico · 193 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 157 mm rain
- Guadalajara in AugustMexico · 196 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 181 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in AugustMexico · 202 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 181 mm rain
- Tonalá in AugustMexico · 207 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 145 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in AugustMexico · 210 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 187 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.