Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Vallarta weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Puerto Vallarta: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tepic (105 km away). In May its highs average 30.9°C, 1.4°C cooler than Puerto Vallarta, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta ranks joint 41st of 153 for the warmest May highs and joint 34th of 153 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 153 cities is 29.6°C; Puerto Vallarta is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 200 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tepic in MayMexico · 105 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Mexico in MayMexico · 191 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Zapopan in MayMexico · 192 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in MayMexico · 193 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Guadalajara in MayMexico · 196 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in MayMexico · 202 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Tonalá in MayMexico · 207 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in MayMexico · 210 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 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.