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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Monaco?

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
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Monaco for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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, Monaco 68: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Monaco 57: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Monaco 48: Acapulco leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 69 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Monaco 60: Monaco leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Monaco 52: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Monaco 3: Acapulco leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Monaco.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Monaco
Best match
58match

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoMonaco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoMonaco
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m68 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoMonaco
City population658,60938,857
People per km²35018,503
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.