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Puerto Vallarta vs Breckenridge

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Bottom line

Puerto Vallarta is the warmer of the two — about 23°C on the annual average; Puerto Vallarta is the wetter, with 1046 mm more rain a year.

Warmer Puerto Vallarta 23°C on the year

Wetter Puerto Vallarta 1046 mm more a year

Sunnier About the same similar amount of sun

Colder winters Breckenridge 30°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

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

Summers

Puerto Vallarta has far hotter summers

Puerto Vallarta: Hot
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Puerto Vallarta has far milder winters

Puerto Vallarta: Stays warm
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Puerto Vallarta is much wetter

Puerto Vallarta: Very wet
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Similar amounts of sun

Puerto Vallarta: Partly cloudy
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Puerto Vallarta is the warmer of the two — about 23°C on the annual average.

Precipitation

Puerto Vallarta is the wetter — about 1046 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

The two cities see a similar amount of sun.

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	27	27	27	28	30	30	31	32	31	31	30	27
Breckenridge	-2	-0	4	7	12	18	21	19	16	9	3	-2
Difference	-28	-27	-23	-21	-18	-12	-10	-12	-16	-22	-27	-30

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	27	27	27	28	30	30
Breckenridge	-2	-0	4	7	12	18
Difference	-28	-27	-23	-21	-18	-12

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	31	32	31	31	30	27
Breckenridge	21	19	16	9	3	-2
Difference	-10	-12	-16	-22	-27	-30

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	14	14	14	16	18	22	22	22	22	21	18	15
Breckenridge	-16	-15	-12	-9	-4	0	4	3	-1	-6	-12	-16
Difference	-30	-29	-26	-24	-22	-21	-18	-19	-22	-26	-29	-31

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	14	14	14	16	18	22
Breckenridge	-16	-15	-12	-9	-4	0
Difference	-30	-29	-26	-24	-22	-21

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	22	22	22	21	18	15
Breckenridge	4	3	-1	-6	-12	-16
Difference	-18	-19	-22	-26	-29	-31

Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	31	23	12	4	13	243	393	427	438	136	30	28
Breckenridge	75	73	79	92	62	29	45	56	41	51	65	64
Difference	+44	+51	+67	+88	+49	-214	-348	-372	-397	-85	+35	+36

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	31	23	12	4	13	243
Breckenridge	75	73	79	92	62	29
Difference	+44	+51	+67	+88	+49	-214

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	393	427	438	136	30	28
Breckenridge	45	56	41	51	65	64
Difference	-348	-372	-397	-85	+35	+36

Cloud cover (%) Varies through 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
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	+9	+19	+21	+21	+22	-13	-21	-21	-32	-6	+12	+8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	49	45	43	48	44	63
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	+9	+19	+21	+21	+22	-13

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	76	79	80	57	42	51
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-21	-21	-32	-6	+12	+8

Relative humidity (%) Varies through 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
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	+28	+35	+38	+31	+16	-15	-24	-24	-28	-18	+2	+19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Puerto Vallarta	64	60	52	47	51	70
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	+28	+35	+38	+31	+16	-15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Puerto Vallarta	81	84	85	81	75	70
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-24	-24	-28	-18	+2	+19

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 → · Breckenridge 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.

Breckenridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Copper Mountain, a weather station, about 11 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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