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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Muscat for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Acapulco leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Muscat 44: Acapulco leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Muscat 14: Acapulco leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Muscat 62: Muscat leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Muscat 52: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Muscat 20: Acapulco leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Muscat 42: Muscat leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Muscat 45: Acapulco leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Muscat 40: Muscat leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Muscat.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Muscat
Best match
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoMuscat
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+4
Emergency number911968
Elevation18 m69 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoMuscat
City population658,6091,421,409
People per km²350406
Museums within 10 km310
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.