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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Acapulco or Miami?

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

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

Choose Miami for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Miami 72: Miami leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Miami 57: Miami leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Miami 82: Miami leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Miami 64: Miami leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Miami 42: Miami leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Miami 64: Miami leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Miami 35: Miami leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Miami 71: Miami leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Miami 27: Acapulco leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Miami 55: Miami leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Miami 44: Miami leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Miami.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoMiami
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m2 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoMiami
City population658,609442,241
People per km²3503,046
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.