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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Hamburg?

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

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

Choose Hamburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Acapulco leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco and Hamburg are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Hamburg 52: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Hamburg 38: Acapulco leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Hamburg.

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.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoHamburg
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaGerman
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m6 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoHamburg
City population658,6091,869,473
People per km²3502,476
Museums within 10 km377
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.