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Town · Jalisco, Mexico

Puerto Vallarta

Retiring to Puerto Vallarta, in Jalisco, Mexico, from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. Average temperatures run 21.2°C in the coolest quarter and 26°C in the warmest. Rent, electricity and groceries for a couple come to USD $735–$2,279 a month, from official sources.

Sources: CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al., 2010 · Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, 2026-10-01

Exchange rate: 1 USD = 18.80 MXN, Banco de México's reference rate · this page converts at 18.91 MXN Banco de México — tipo de cambio FIX (SF43718) y dólar canadiense (SF60632), Oct 31, 2026 · dollar figures: European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30

Compare Puerto Vallarta side by side Cost, safety, healthcare and climate against any other town we cover See Puerto Vallarta on the map Every town we cover, with Puerto Vallarta highlighted

What is Puerto Vallarta like for a retiree?

Puerto Vallarta is a Pacific coastal city in Jalisco on the Bahía de Banderas. It is humid all year, with a sharp split between a dry winter and a wet summer and early autumn.

What to weigh in Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta International (PVR) serves the city. For Puerto Vallarta, the homicide rate, the road minutes to a hospital and a pharmacy, and the climate are measured in the cards on this page, each with its source and date.

Last updated October 2, 2026

At a glance 4 of 4 core
Rent, power & groceries USD $735–$2,279 Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources · monthly, for a couple · as of 2026-10-01 · utilities, transport and everyday spending are not included. The breakdown is below.
Climate 79° / 70°F Warmest- and coldest-quarter means · 26° / 21°C · CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.
Elevation 4 m / 10 ft Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus - nearest cell at the town coordinate · 2026-09-19
Setting Coastal ExpatAlmanac classification — from the town's coordinates, its measured elevation and its geographic situation, against a closed list of settings · 2026-08-16

Puerto Vallarta in pictures

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Local data

Official, dated figures — sources shown. Not forecasts.

Cost of living

What official sources price for this town · monthly, for a couple · in US dollars at the stored exchange rate · as of 2026-10-01

USD $735–$2,279 / month

Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, as of 2026-10-01 — not the whole cost of living.

Rent
USD $637–$2,182

MXN $12,050–$41,250 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Rent, Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown · icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · 2026-10-01

Electricity
USD $27

MXN $508 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Electricity (250 kWh/month, town figure) · CFE — tarifa doméstica 1B (CFE's tariff rule on SMN station 14339, summers 2022–2026; not confirmed on a CFE bill), recibo de 250 kWh/mes (IVA incluido) · 2026-10-07

Groceries
USD $71

MXN $1,336 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Groceries (9-item basket, monthly, couple) · PROFECO — Quién es Quién en los Precios (precio de venta al público, mediana nacional) · 2026-10-07

Public healthcare cost: shown under Residency and healthcare on the Mexico page, with its age bands — beside the total, not in it, because only some countries publish a public-healthcare fee.

Rent — which figure, how it is measured, and the others we hold

Rent

Asking rent USD $1,375 ($637–$2,182) per month · 2-bed apartment
MXN $26,000 ($12,050–$41,250) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=52 two-bedroom apartments inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (54 stated furnished, 11 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) · 2 of them priced in US dollars and shown in pesos by the portal at its own rate icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Which figure, and the others we hold Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed apartment Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown
Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed house USD $1,058 ($582–$2,644) per month · 2-bed house MXN $20,000 ($11,000–$50,000) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=7 two-bedroom houses inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (6 stated furnished, 2 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) · fewer than 30 listings, so the band is widened by a resampling estimate of its own noise icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Rent paid No figure held for this town
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Puerto Vallarta — rent", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/jalisco/puerto-vallarta, figures as of 2026; original data: icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac.

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Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area.

How rent is measured

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom apartment from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom house on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom house from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Utilities other than electricity, transport, everyday spending and eating out are not included: no official source prices them for each town.

In the personalized report

  • Utilities — water, gas, refusefor subscribers
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Figures for two adults; verify current prices locally. Not a forecast.

Homicide

Deaths by assault, from death certificates · the same definition in every country

13.1 per 100,000 a year Puerto Vallarta municipality figure
How we know this 95% interval 11.3–15.0 · 2020–2024. 8% of the 165 homicides that occurred here have no recorded residence, so they are not in this count. Higher than 23% of the 1,138 Mexican municipalities with 10 or more in 2020–2024, ranked by where the deaths occurred. Registered deaths of residents whose underlying cause is assault (ICD-10 X85–Y09 and Y87.1), pooled 2020–2024 · INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence · population: CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024 · read 2026-09-24
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Puerto Vallarta — homicide", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/jalisco/puerto-vallarta, figures as of 2026; original data: INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence; CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024.

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Getting to care

Road minutes from the town — pharmacies measured the same way in every country, hospitals against each country's own register

Nearest pharmacy
0.8 min by road

Nearest: an unnamed facility (OpenStreetMap node/13113397918), 0.38 km by road.

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM · measured Sep 23, 2026

Nearest hospital
2.6 min by road

Nearest: PUERTO VALLARTA (CLUES:JCIST000086), 1.59 km by road.

CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM · measured Sep 25, 2026 · as listed in this country's national register, so not compared across borders

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Getting to care", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/jalisco/puerto-vallarta, figures as of 2026; original data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM; CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM.

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Measured over the whole municipio

The figures in this card are computed over the whole municipio, about 684 km², not at a single point in the center.

Elevation
-6–1,561 m
Kind of place
City
People in this area (modeled)
262,977
Distance to the sea
reaches the coast
Air quality, typical (PM2.5)
13.1 µg/m³ WHO guideline 5
Slope, typical range
0.8–26.5°
Coldest quarter, average
21.2°C (70°F)
Warmest quarter, average
26°C (79°F)
Driest quarter, rainfall
22 mm
Wettest quarter, rainfall
1,068 mm
Least humid month
57%
Most humid month
70%
Sources (9)
GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint 2020 GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint 2020 OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint 2026 SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted 2024 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus 2021 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline 2021 CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Measured over the town", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/jalisco/puerto-vallarta, figures as of 2010; original data: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus; Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline; GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint; GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint; OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint; SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted; CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al.

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Mexico — residency and healthcare at a glance

  • Retirement residence route: Residencia temporal por solvencia económica, then residencia permanente (jubilado o pensionado) — temporary residence on financial means, then permanent residence as a retiree or pensioner Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Public healthcare: USD $1,090 / year · ages 60–69 · other age bands on the Mexico page MXN $20,600 / year · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30Yearly fee per person to join Mexico's IMSS public health insurance (Seguro de Salud para la Familia), ages 60–69.
    How this is measured

    IMSS Seguro de Salud para la Familia, annual fee per person paid in advance, age band 60–69, in force from 1 March 2026. The band is part of the figure.

    IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026 · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Prices against the world average (World = 100): Food 101.6 · overall average 74.7 national, at 2021 prices · World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Residency and healthcare in Mexico", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/jalisco/puerto-vallarta, figures as of 2021; original data: Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston; IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026; World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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How far is Puerto Vallarta from home?

Nearest airportthe one that serves Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR), at Puerto Vallarta. Chosen as the quickest drive of the 5 airports within 250 km that have scheduled flights and a runway of at least 1,800 m (computed 2026-09-21).

Getting to PVR: about 13 min by road, 9.0 km — a real road route, not a straight line. OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM, 2026

Depends on where you fly fromdrive + estimated flight · each country's capital and largest cities
From Australia · from ~16h 28m
  • Brisbane BNE ~16h 28m est. flight ~16h 15m est. · 12,149 km / 7,549 mi straight line
  • Sydney SYD ~16h 58m est. flight ~16h 45m est. · 12,486 km / 7,758 mi straight line
  • Melbourne MEL ~17h 43m est. flight ~17h 30m est. · 13,110 km / 8,146 mi straight line
  • Adelaide ADL ~18h 28m est. flight ~18h 15m est. · 13,649 km / 8,481 mi straight line
  • Perth PER ~21h 13m est. flight ~21h est. · 15,748 km / 9,786 mi straight line
From Austria · from ~14h 13m
  • Linz LNZ ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,281 km / 6,388 mi straight line
  • Vienna VIE ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,432 km / 6,482 mi straight line
  • Graz GRZ ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,438 km / 6,486 mi straight line
From Belgium · from ~13h 13m
  • Brussels BRU ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,531 km / 5,922 mi straight line
  • Charleroi CRL ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,552 km / 5,935 mi straight line
  • Liège LGG ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,604 km / 5,968 mi straight line
From Bulgaria · from ~15h 28m
  • Sofia SOF ~15h 28m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,227 km / 6,976 mi straight line
  • Plovdiv PDV ~15h 28m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,361 km / 7,059 mi straight line
  • Varna VAR ~15h 43m est. flight ~15h 30m est. · 11,445 km / 7,111 mi straight line
From Canada · from ~5h 28m
  • Calgary YYC ~5h 28m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,470 km / 2,156 mi straight line
  • Toronto YYZ ~5h 28m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,486 km / 2,166 mi straight line
  • Vancouver YVR ~5h 28m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,547 km / 2,204 mi straight line
  • Ottawa YOW ~5h 58m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,847 km / 2,390 mi straight line
  • Montreal YUL ~5h 58m est. flight ~5h 45m est. · 3,980 km / 2,473 mi straight line
From Croatia · from ~14h 28m
  • Rijeka RJK ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,499 km / 6,524 mi straight line
  • Zagreb ZAG ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,559 km / 6,561 mi straight line
  • Split SPU ~14h 43m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,720 km / 6,661 mi straight line
From Cyprus · from ~16h 58m
  • Limassol PFO ~16h 58m est. flight ~16h 45m est. · 12,409 km / 7,710 mi straight line
  • Nicosia LCA ~16h 58m est. flight ~16h 45m est. · 12,465 km / 7,746 mi straight line
From Czechia · from ~13h 58m
  • Prague PRG ~13h 58m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,165 km / 6,316 mi straight line
  • Brno BRQ ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,369 km / 6,443 mi straight line
  • Ostrava OSR ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,412 km / 6,470 mi straight line
From Denmark · from ~13h 13m
  • Aarhus AAR ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,578 km / 5,952 mi straight line
  • Odense ODE ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,612 km / 5,973 mi straight line
  • Copenhagen CPH ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,726 km / 6,044 mi straight line
From Estonia · from ~13h 43m
  • Tallinn TLL ~13h 43m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 10,024 km / 6,228 mi straight line
  • Tartu TAY ~13h 58m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,186 km / 6,329 mi straight line
From Finland · from ~13h 28m
  • Tampere TMP ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,821 km / 6,103 mi straight line
  • Turku TKU ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,836 km / 6,112 mi straight line
  • Helsinki HEL ~13h 43m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,959 km / 6,188 mi straight line
From France · from ~13h 13m
  • Lille LIL ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,461 km / 5,879 mi straight line
  • Paris CDG ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,505 km / 5,906 mi straight line
  • Lyon LYS ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,843 km / 6,116 mi straight line
From Germany · from ~13h 13m
  • Essen DUS ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,649 km / 5,996 mi straight line
  • Berlin BER ~13h 43m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,977 km / 6,199 mi straight line
  • Munich MUC ~13h 58m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,127 km / 6,293 mi straight line
From Greece · from ~15h 28m
  • Thessaloniki SKG ~15h 28m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,360 km / 7,058 mi straight line
  • Athens ATH ~15h 58m est. flight ~15h 45m est. · 11,612 km / 7,216 mi straight line
  • Heraklion HER ~16h 13m est. flight ~16h est. · 11,887 km / 7,386 mi straight line
From Hungary · from ~14h 28m
  • Gyor LHPR ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,537 km / 6,548 mi straight line
  • Budapest BUD ~14h 43m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,636 km / 6,609 mi straight line
  • Debrecen DEB ~14h 43m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,767 km / 6,691 mi straight line
From Ireland · from ~11h 58m
  • Galway SNN ~11h 58m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,605 km / 5,347 mi straight line
  • Cork ORK ~11h 58m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,662 km / 5,382 mi straight line
  • Dublin DUB ~12h 13m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,748 km / 5,435 mi straight line
From Italy · from ~13h 58m
  • Milan MXP ~13h 58m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,093 km / 6,272 mi straight line
  • Rome FCO ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,561 km / 6,562 mi straight line
  • Naples NAP ~14h 43m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,759 km / 6,685 mi straight line
From Latvia · from ~13h 58m
  • Riga RIX ~13h 58m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,180 km / 6,325 mi straight line
From Lithuania · from ~13h 58m
  • Klaipėda PLQ ~13h 58m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,120 km / 6,288 mi straight line
  • Kaunas KUN ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,335 km / 6,422 mi straight line
  • Vilnius VNO ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,415 km / 6,472 mi straight line
From Luxembourg · from ~13h 28m
  • Luxembourg-Ville LUX ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,706 km / 6,031 mi straight line
From Malta · from ~15h 13m
  • Valletta MLA ~15h 13m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,092 km / 6,893 mi straight line
From Netherlands · from ~13h 13m
  • Rotterdam RTM ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,473 km / 5,886 mi straight line
  • Amsterdam AMS ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,474 km / 5,887 mi straight line
  • Eindhoven EIN ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,556 km / 5,938 mi straight line
From New Zealand · from ~14h 28m
  • Auckland AKL ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,533 km / 6,545 mi straight line
  • Wellington WLG ~14h 43m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,713 km / 6,657 mi straight line
  • Christchurch CHC ~14h 58m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,974 km / 6,819 mi straight line
From Norway · from ~12h 43m
  • Trondheim TRD ~12h 43m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,167 km / 5,696 mi straight line
  • Stavanger SVG ~12h 43m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,178 km / 5,703 mi straight line
  • Oslo OSL ~12h 58m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,369 km / 5,822 mi straight line
From Poland · from ~14h 13m
  • Warsaw WAW ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,391 km / 6,457 mi straight line
  • Katowice KTW ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,412 km / 6,470 mi straight line
  • Krakow KRK ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,479 km / 6,511 mi straight line
From Portugal · from ~11h 58m
  • Funchal FNC ~11h 58m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,649 km / 5,374 mi straight line
  • Porto OPO ~12h 28m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 9,033 km / 5,613 mi straight line
  • Lisbon LIS ~12h 43m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,090 km / 5,649 mi straight line
From Romania · from ~14h 58m
  • Timișoara TSR ~14h 58m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,874 km / 6,757 mi straight line
  • Cluj-Napoca CLJ ~14h 58m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,936 km / 6,795 mi straight line
  • Bucharest OTP ~15h 28m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,242 km / 6,985 mi straight line
From Slovakia · from ~14h 28m
  • Bratislava BTS ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,465 km / 6,503 mi straight line
  • Banská Bystrica SLD ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,544 km / 6,552 mi straight line
  • Košice KSC ~14h 43m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,661 km / 6,624 mi straight line
From Slovenia · from ~14h 13m
  • Ljubljana LJU ~14h 13m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,427 km / 6,479 mi straight line
  • Maribor MBX ~14h 28m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,487 km / 6,516 mi straight line
From South Africa · from ~19h 28m
  • Cape Town CPT ~19h 28m est. flight ~19h 15m est. · 14,347 km / 8,915 mi straight line
  • Johannesburg JNB ~20h 28m est. flight ~20h 15m est. · 15,256 km / 9,480 mi straight line
  • Durban DUR ~20h 58m est. flight ~20h 45m est. · 15,540 km / 9,656 mi straight line
From Spain · from ~13h 13m
  • Madrid MAD ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,464 km / 5,880 mi straight line
  • Valencia VLC ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,750 km / 6,058 mi straight line
  • Barcelona BCN ~13h 43m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,857 km / 6,125 mi straight line
From Sweden · from ~13h 13m
  • Gothenburg GOT ~13h 13m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,580 km / 5,953 mi straight line
  • Stockholm ARN ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,714 km / 6,036 mi straight line
  • Malmo MMX ~13h 28m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,769 km / 6,070 mi straight line
From Switzerland · from ~13h 43m
  • Geneva GVA ~13h 43m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,884 km / 6,142 mi straight line
  • Bern ZRH ~13h 43m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,976 km / 6,199 mi straight line
From United Kingdom · from ~12h 13m
  • Glasgow GLA ~12h 13m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,765 km / 5,446 mi straight line
  • Manchester MAN ~12h 28m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,997 km / 5,591 mi straight line
  • Leeds LBA ~12h 28m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 9,013 km / 5,600 mi straight line
  • Birmingham BHX ~12h 43m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,069 km / 5,635 mi straight line
  • London LHR ~12h 43m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,193 km / 5,712 mi straight line
From United States of America · from ~2h 43m
  • Houston IAH ~2h 43m est. flight ~2h 30m est. · 1,435 km / 892 mi straight line
  • Los Angeles LAX ~3h 28m est. flight ~3h 15m est. · 1,962 km / 1,219 mi straight line
  • Las Vegas LAS ~3h 28m est. flight ~3h 15m est. · 1,965 km / 1,221 mi straight line
  • Denver DEN ~3h 43m est. flight ~3h 30m est. · 2,133 km / 1,326 mi straight line
  • San Francisco SFO ~4h 13m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,504 km / 1,556 mi straight line
  • Miami MIA ~4h 13m est. flight ~4h est. · 2,609 km / 1,621 mi straight line
  • Chicago ORD ~4h 43m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,873 km / 1,785 mi straight line
  • Washington, D.C. IAD ~5h 13m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,341 km / 2,076 mi straight line
  • Philadelphia PHL ~5h 28m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,557 km / 2,210 mi straight line
  • New York City JFK ~5h 43m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,707 km / 2,303 mi straight line

These are straight lines, not routes. Flight distances are measured airport to airport across the Earth's surface, from PVR to each destination's main airport. The drive to PVR is the exception: that one is a measured road route.

Estimated flying time is our own arithmetic, not a timetable: the straight-line distance flown at 780 km/h, plus 45 minutes for taxi, climb and descent, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. A real flight is longer than a straight line, and whether a nonstop exists at all changes by season and airline — check current schedules.

The 108 destinations above are a chosen list, not every city — the capital and the largest cities of each country we publish for, by population (up to ten for the United States, five for Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, three elsewhere). Two cities served by the same airport appear once. A city that is not on the list is not unusually far; it is simply not on the list.

Airport coordinates from OurAirports (public domain dataset), retrieved 2026-08-14.

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "How far is Puerto Vallarta from home?", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/jalisco/puerto-vallarta, figures as of 2026; original data: OurAirports (public domain dataset); OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM.

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