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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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Puerto Vallarta for remote work

UTC−6 America/Mexico_City · UTC−6 all year

Photo: Melikamp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US Eastern team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 08:00–16:00 here
US Pacific team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here
UK team 1–2 h shared 9–5 · their day is 03:00–11:00 here
Central Europe team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 02:00–10:00 here
Price level 59 Moderate: household prices Mexico-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 4 / 12 December–March

Your team's working day, on Puerto Vallarta's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Puerto Vallarta; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 08:00–16:00
7 h
US Pacific 11:00–19:00
6 h
UK 03:00–11:00
2 h
Central Europe 02:00–10:00
1 h

Mexico does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Feb7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Mar6–7 h awake 8 h6–7 h awake 8 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h0–1 h awake 2–3 h
Apr6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
May6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Jun6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Jul6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Aug6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Sep6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1 h awake 3 h0 h awake 2 h
Oct6 h awake 8 h7 h awake 8 h1–2 h awake 3–4 h0–1 h awake 2–3 h
Nov7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h
Dec7 h awake 8 h6 h awake 8 h2 h awake 4 h1 h awake 3 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Good (7.3), high 30°C30°JanFebruary: Good (7.2), high 30°C30°FebMarch: Good (6.9), high 30°C30°MarApril: Fair (5.7), high 31°C31°AprMay: Poor (4.1), high 32°C32°MayJune: Poor (1.5), high 33°C33°JunJuly: Poor (0.0), high 34°C34°JulAugust: Poor (0.0), high 34°C34°AugSeptember: Poor (0.0), high 34°C34°SepOctober: Poor (1.8), high 34°C34°OctNovember: Poor (4.0), high 33°C33°NovDecember: Good (7.0), high 30°C30°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan30°C16°C19 mm17°C sticky10.9 h7.3
Feb30°C16°C15 mm17°C sticky11.3 h7.2
Mar30°C16°C2 mm17°C sticky11.9 h6.9
Apr31°C17°C1 mm18°C muggy12.5 h5.7
May32°C20°C3 mm21°C muggy13.0 h4.1
Jun33°C24°C138 mm24°C oppressive13.2 h1.5
Jul34°C24°C209 mm24°C oppressive13.1 h0.0
Aug34°C24°C274 mm24°C oppressive12.7 h0.0
Sep34°C24°C298 mm24°C oppressive12.1 h0.0
Oct34°C23°C90 mm24°C oppressive11.5 h1.8
Nov33°C20°C23 mm20°C muggy11.0 h4.0
Dec30°C17°C21 mm18°C sticky10.8 h7.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
224,166 (2020)
Elevation
101 m
Airports
Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR), 4 km
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Mexico's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Puerto Vallarta on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-20. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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