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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Atlanta?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Acapulco’s own page.

Choose Atlanta for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Acapulco 80, Atlanta 10: Acapulco leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Atlanta 68: Atlanta leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Atlanta 55: Atlanta leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Atlanta 65: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Atlanta 60: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Atlanta 52: Atlanta leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Atlanta 70: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Atlanta 28: Acapulco leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Atlanta 50: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Atlanta 40: Acapulco leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Atlanta 62: Atlanta leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Atlanta 33: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Atlanta.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoAtlanta
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m225 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoAtlanta
City population658,609498,715
People per km²3501,433
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.