Climate averages 1991–2020
Puerto Vallarta weather
in September.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Puerto Vallarta: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 333 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tepic (105 km away). In September its highs average 27.2°C, 3.3°C cooler than Puerto Vallarta, with 357 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta ranks joint 30th of 153 for the warmest September highs and joint 145th of 153 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 153 cities is 26.5°C; Puerto Vallarta is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs stay level at 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 333 mm to 149 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 30.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 342 | 29.8 | 12.813 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Tepic in SeptemberMexico · 105 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 357 mm rain
- Manzanillo, Mexico in SeptemberMexico · 191 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 283 mm rain
- Zapopan in SeptemberMexico · 192 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 168 mm rain
- Hacienda Santa Fe in SeptemberMexico · 193 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Guadalajara in SeptemberMexico · 196 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Tlaquepaque in SeptemberMexico · 202 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 157 mm rain
- Tonalá in SeptemberMexico · 207 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Ciudad Guzmán in SeptemberMexico · 210 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 186 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.