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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Belfast?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Belfast for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Belfast’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, Belfast 20: Acapulco leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Belfast 50: Acapulco leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Belfast 55: Belfast leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Belfast 50: Acapulco leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Belfast 74: Belfast leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Belfast 66: Belfast leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Belfast 58: Belfast leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Belfast 62: Belfast leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Belfast 45: Belfast leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Belfast 48: Acapulco leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Belfast 55: Belfast leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Belfast 25: Acapulco leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Belfast.

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.

Belfast
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoBelfast
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation18 m3 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoBelfast
City population658,609345,006
People per km²3503,000
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.