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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Montreal?

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 Montreal for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Acapulco leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Montreal 45: Acapulco leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoMontreal
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation18 m31 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoMontreal
City population658,6091,895,211
People per km²3503,806
Museums within 10 km337
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.