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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Las Vegas?

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
  • families

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Acapulco leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Las Vegas 25: Acapulco leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Las Vegas 25: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Las Vegas 25: Acapulco leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Las Vegas 38: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Las Vegas 35: Acapulco leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Las Vegas.

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.

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 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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AcapulcoLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoLas Vegas
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m610 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoLas Vegas
City population658,609641,903
People per km²3501,843
Museums within 10 km321
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.