Vallarta's climate is similar to that of the Hawaiian Islands as it is found on the same latitude.

The average general temperature is 26° Centigrade, and the climate is considered humid with dry and warm winter and spring seasons, the winter season not being very defined. Vallarta enjoys more than 250 sunny days a year.

The rainy season starts in June and last until mid-October, averaging 115 rainy days. Mostly in the afternoons, the rains are of relatively short duration during the first few months and are of tropical storm classification and lasting longer further into the season. The annual precipitation is 1,417.5 millimeters.

Winds Nominal winds are in the southeasterly direction.

Tropical storms are produced during the months of September and October, which is the hurricane season in the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

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• Scripps Institute - Weather, Surf, Oceanography and Various Links.
  
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