Puerto Vallarta in March

When to go

March falls outside the eastern Pacific hurricane season, which the National Hurricane Center says runs from mid-May to the end of November. The third Monday of March is a mandatory rest day under Mexican federal labor law, so check opening hours and tour schedules around it. The tourism board lists a trail running race, Puerto Vallarta, México by UTMB, early in the month, and last season's whale-watching window from the federal environment ministry closed in March, so check this season's notice before you plan a tour.

Trip facts

• The World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Information Service lists, for Puerto Vallarta, a mean daily maximum temperature of 29.2 °C (84.6 °F) and a mean daily minimum temperature of 16.9 °C (62.4 °F) in March, based on monthly averages for the 30-year period 1971-2000 from Mexico's Coordinación General del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. (worldweather.wmo.int, checked 2026-10-15)
• The World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Information Service lists, for Puerto Vallarta, mean total rainfall of 2.0 mm and a mean number of rain days of 0.6 in March (a rain day being a day with at least 0.1 mm of rain), based on monthly averages for 1971-2000 from Mexico's Coordinación General del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. (worldweather.wmo.int, checked 2026-10-15)
• The National Hurricane Center says the eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 to November 30. (www.nhc.noaa.gov, checked 2026-10-15)
• The Mexican government's PROFEDET page lists the third Monday of March, in commemoration of March 21, among the mandatory rest days in Article 74 of the Federal Labor Law. (www.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board's events page lists Puerto Vallarta, México by UTMB 2027, a trail running race, from March 4 to March 6, 2027, running from the Sierra Madre mountains to the Mexican Pacific coast. (visitpuertovallarta.com, checked 2026-10-15)
• The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board's events page lists the Olas Altas Farmers Market 2026-2027 from November 7, 2026 to May 8, 2027, held every Saturday at Lázaro Cárdenas Park in the Romantic Zone. (visitpuertovallarta.com, checked 2026-10-15)
• Mexico's environment ministry (SEMARNAT) published a notice, dated October 2, 2025, that sets the 2025-2026 whale-watching season for Bahía de Banderas, in the municipalities of Puerto Vallarta and Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco, from December 8, 2025 to March 23, 2026. (sidof.segob.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• The Mexican immigration institute (INM) says that foreign nationals who enter Mexico by air do not have to fill out the electronic Multiple Migration Form (FMMe) or the traditional form, and that the digital form (FMMd) can be downloaded once, within the days granted, by scanning the QR code at the immigration review filters or through the INM Services Portal. (www.gob.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico says Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR) is in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, handles the air traffic of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit, and is 7.5 kilometers from the city of Puerto Vallarta and 10 miles from Nuevo Vallarta in Nayarit state. (www.aeropuertosgap.com.mx, checked 2026-10-15)
• The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board says Puerto Vallarta has its own international airport (PVR), which receives direct flights from many major cities in the US and Canada, and that visitors can alternatively fly into the nearby Guadalajara International Airport and take a bus or private transfer. (visitpuertovallarta.com, checked 2026-10-15)