Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Vallarta weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Puerto Vallarta: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tepic (105 km away). In January its highs average 25.1°C, 3.1°C cooler than Puerto Vallarta, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta ranks 15th of 153 for the warmest January highs and joint 125th of 153 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 153 cities is 22.4°C; Puerto Vallarta is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tepic in JanuaryMexico · 105 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Mexico in JanuaryMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Zapopan in JanuaryMexico · 192 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in JanuaryMexico · 193 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Guadalajara in JanuaryMexico · 196 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in JanuaryMexico · 202 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Tonalá in JanuaryMexico · 207 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in JanuaryMexico · 210 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 27 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.