How do Bucerias and Punta de Mita compare on price per m²?

Public sources were read on October 17, 2026. Prices come from each developer's price list, each with its date. Anything that couldn't be verified is left out.

What does this guide compare?

Bucerias and Punta de Mita, the two areas of Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, where this site lists lots and condos today, plus the rest of the municipality for context. It compares what you can measure: each community's list price per square meter, the distance to the airport and the census data. It doesn't compare what living in each area feels like: you decide that on a tour.

What does a square meter cost in each community?

It's the list price divided by the m² of each listed unit: m² of land for lots and m² of the unit for condos (including the private terrace or garden when the condo has one). It uses the list price, not the deal price, and the date of each developer's price list. The site's code calculates the table from the same data as the listings; when a price list changes, the table changes.

Prices are in Mexican pesos (MX$).

How to read it:

• Don't compare a lot and a condo per m²: the lot is land only, and the condo already includes the construction.
• Prices don't include closing or paperwork costs.
• If a listing has a current deal, its deal price and end date are on the listing.
• This is not an appraisal or a value forecast. It's each developer's price list, with its date.

How far is each area from Puerto Vallarta airport?

Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz airport is in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, not in Nayarit (OpenStreetMap, read on October 17, 2026).

Source: routes calculated with OSRM on OpenStreetMap data on October 17, 2026. Start and end points are the center of each village in OpenStreetMap and the airport; for Punta de Mita, the village of Corral del Risco. The time is an estimate without traffic, speed bumps or checkpoints. There's no row for Nuevo Vallarta because that source gave no reliable reference point.

Each listing also shows the straight-line distance from the community entrance to the nearest beach and to the airport. If a property interests you, measure the trip from its exact address, not from the village center.

One practical note: the municipality of Bahía de Banderas runs on Central Zone time, while the rest of Nayarit is on Pacific Zone time (Ley de los Husos Horarios en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, art. 3, sec. II). Allow for that when you plan flights and appointments.

What does the census say about the bay?

INEGI publishes figures by locality. Those for Bucerias and Punta de Mita aren't here because they couldn't be checked at the primary source. These figures describe population and the economy; they don't say what a property will be worth.

What sets each area apart?

Bucerias. A coastal village inside the bay, 17.7 km (11 mi) by road from the airport, per the table above. Del Lago Residencial is here, with its infrastructure complete.

Punta de Mita. The northern tip of the bay; from the village of Corral del Risco, 39.2 km (24 mi) from the airport. Cumbres de Mita, Kumo Living (a building inside Cumbres de Mita) and Higuera Residence, in Litibú, are here; all three are pre-sales. Islas Marietas National Park lies off the area known as Punta de Mita, decreed in the DOF on April 25, 2005 (CONANP; DOF).

Rest of Bahía de Banderas. It includes Nuevo Vallarta, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and Valle de Banderas, among other towns. La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and Valle de Banderas are both 24.0 km (14.9 mi) from the airport, in different directions.

What do they have in common?

All of them are on the coast. Mexico's Constitution (art. 27, sec. I) bars foreigners from direct ownership of land and waters within 50 km of the beaches, so a foreign buyer uses a bank trust (fideicomiso) in any of them; another guide explains how. Before you pay, verify the developer and the property's documents, and check whether a lot has ejido origins: each topic has its own guide.

How can you compare with your own questions?

• How many days a year will you be there, and how will you get in? Measure the trip from the property to the airport.
• Lot or condo? Compare the total price and the payment plan, not just the price per m².
• When is it delivered? For a pre-sale, the delivery date is on each listing, and the deed date is in your contract.
• Which documents back the property? Ask for the ones in the verification guide before you pay.

What this guide does not cover

It has no value forecasts, rental income or judgments about safety: there's no verifiable data to back them. Nor does it compare Nuevo Vallarta in detail.

This guide is informational. It is not legal, tax or financial advice.