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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Lisbon?

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 Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Acapulco leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 67 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Lisbon 55: Acapulco leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Lisbon.

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.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoLisbon
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPortuguese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m100 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoLisbon
City population658,609545,796
People per km²3505,453
Museums within 10 km380
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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.