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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Bordeaux?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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, Bordeaux 50: Acapulco leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Bordeaux 68: Bordeaux leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Bordeaux 50: Acapulco leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Bordeaux 58: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Bordeaux 57: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Bordeaux 56: Bordeaux leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Bordeaux 42: Acapulco leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Bordeaux 55: Bordeaux leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Bordeaux 40: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Bordeaux.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoBordeaux

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoBordeaux
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m1 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoBordeaux
City population658,609267,991
People per km²3505,425
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.