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Puerto Vallarta vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

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Bottom line

Puerto Vallarta is the warmer of the two — about 28°F on the annual average; Puerto Vallarta is the wetter, with 57 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Puerto Vallarta 28°F on the year

Wetter Puerto Vallarta 57 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 15 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 43°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Puerto Vallarta and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Puerto Vallarta: Hot
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Puerto Vallarta has far milder winters

Puerto Vallarta: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Puerto Vallarta is much wetter

Puerto Vallarta: Very wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is sunnier

Puerto Vallarta: Partly cloudy
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Puerto Vallarta is the warmer of the two — about 28°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Puerto Vallarta is the wetter — about 57 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Puerto Vallarta runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	80	80	81	83	85	87	88	89	88	88	86	81
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-35	-34	-26	-22	-14	-3	-2	-6	-11	-23	-31	-37

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	80	80	81	83	85	87
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-35	-34	-26	-22	-14	-3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	88	89	88	88	86	81
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-2	-6	-11	-23	-31	-37

Avg low (°F) Puerto Vallarta runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	57	57	58	60	65	71	71	71	71	69	64	59
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-42	-41	-37	-35	-34	-33	-22	-23	-31	-40	-44	-46

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	57	57	58	60	65	71
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-42	-41	-37	-35	-34	-33

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	71	71	71	69	64	59
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-22	-23	-31	-40	-44	-46

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.5	9.6	15.5	16.8	17.2	5.3	1.2	1.1
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-0.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-9.2	-13.5	-14.7	-15.9	-4	-0.5	-0.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.5	9.6
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-0.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-9.2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	15.5	16.8	17.2	5.3	1.2	1.1
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-13.5	-14.7	-15.9	-4	-0.5	-0.3

Cloud cover (%) Puerto Vallarta runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	49	45	43	48	44	63	76	79	80	57	42	51
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	—	+4	+2	-7	-7	-35	-26	-33	-48	-25	-6	-3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	49	45	43	48	44	63
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	—	+4	+2	-7	-7	-35

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	76	79	80	57	42	51
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-26	-33	-48	-25	-6	-3

Relative humidity (%) Puerto Vallarta runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	64	60	52	47	51	70	81	84	85	81	75	70
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-2	-3	-3	-6	-16	-45	-44	-41	-45	-38	-25	-10

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	64	60	52	47	51	70
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-2	-3	-3	-6	-16	-45

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	81	84	85	81	75	70
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-44	-41	-45	-38	-25	-10

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Puerto Vallarta trends → · Tusayan trends →

Methodology & sources

Puerto Vallarta

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from CONAGUA / SMN, Mexico's national weather service, measured at El Cuale, about 3 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Tusayan

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Grand Canyon NP AP, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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