SMN's catalogue still lists Puerto Vallarta station 14116, and it is marked suspended, with no 1991–2020 normal. The station that does have that normal, and is still operating, is El Cuale, 14339, in the same municipality, at 53 metres. This table is El Cuale. It is not a sensor on the malecón, and it is not mixed with the old station.

The shape of the year is a dry winter and spring and a very wet late summer. The eastern Pacific hurricane season, 15 May to 30 November, is the National Hurricane Center's dates for this coast. Puerto Vallarta the city is in Jalisco, so the time-zone section follows the Zona Centro rule rather than Nayarit.

Month by month

The highest average daily high is 31.5°C in August. The lowest average daily low is 13.7°C in January. The heaviest month in the water column is September at 438 mm, and the lightest is April at 3.8 mm. These sentences only restate the table. They are not a ranking of the best month to go.

Station: El Cuale (14339), municipality of Puerto Vallarta, 53 m. Not station 14116. Averages for 1991-2020. Elevation: 53 msnm. The rule runs from that month’s average low to its average high, on this station’s own scale. The black bar under the water figure is that month against the wettest month here.
Month	High °C	Low °C	Precipitation (mm)
January	26.7	13.7	30.8
February	26.9	13.9	22.6
March	27.3	14.2	11.8
April	28.3	15.5	3.8
May	29.6	18.2	13.3
June	30.3	21.6	243.3
July	31.1	21.6	392.6
August	31.5	21.6	427.3
September	31.2	21.6	438
October	31.3	20.7	135.6
November	29.9	17.6	30.2
December	27.4	14.9	27.9

Servicio Meteorológico Nacional normal, issued 06/11/2026. Years with data for the maximum-temperature normal: 30 to 30, depending on the month. Source: SMN normal climatológica 1991-2020, estación 14339 EL CUALE. As of 2026-11-14.

Storm season, from the hurricane center

The National Hurricane Center says the eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from 15 May to 30 November.

Source: National Hurricane Center climatology. As of 14 November 2026. This is the season window, not a forecast for a year.

The facts, in sentences

Plugs and voltage

The IEC world-plugs list shows Mexico at 127 volts and 60 hertz, with plug type A and B.

IEC World Plugs. As of 14 November 2026.

Driving side

Article 109 of the federal highway regulation, as published in the Diario Oficial on 22 November 2012, says vehicles are to be driven in the right-hand lane of a federal highway, except when overtaking, when the road is too narrow for two lanes, when the right side is blocked, on the three-lane case the article describes, or on a one-way road. This is the federal highway rule, not a city bylaw.

Diario Oficial de la Federación, 22 November 2012, Reglamento de Tránsito, Article 109. As of 14 November 2026.

Tap water

CDC's traveler page for Mexico, last reviewed 3 September 2026, does not say whether tap water is safe or unsafe. It says food and water standards vary by destination and by what you are doing, and it points readers to CDC's food and water precautions. This page does not turn that into medical advice.

CDC Travelers' Health, Mexico. As of 14 November 2026.

Currency

ISO 4217 lists the currency name Mexican Peso and the code MXN for Mexico.

ISO 4217 currency list (SIX). As of 14 November 2026.

Time zone

Puerto Vallarta is in Jalisco. Jalisco is not one of the states the time-zone law assigns to Pacífico, Noroeste, or Sureste, so it stays in Zona Centro, meridian 90° west. The neighbouring Nayarit municipality of Bahía de Banderas is also placed in Zona Centro by an explicit exception. IANA's name for central Mexico is America/Mexico_City. America/Bahia_Banderas is the IANA name for Bahía de Banderas, not for this city.

Ley de los Husos Horarios, artículo 3 · IANA tzdb zone1970.tab. As of 14 November 2026.

Tipping

Mexico's consumer protection agency, Profeco, says tipping is voluntary. No establishment can require it or add it without telling you first. Profeco does not publish a customary percentage, so this page does not invent one.

Profeco, consumer FAQ. As of 14 November 2026.

Entry requirements

This is the Mexican government's page on who must apply for a visa. We do not copy that list. Instituto Nacional de Migración: Official entry requirements. Checked 14 November 2026. We do not rewrite the rule.

Hotels, tours, and a plug

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