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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Mazatlan?

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 Adelaide for

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

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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. Adelaide 68, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Mazatlan 62: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Mazatlan 42: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide and Mazatlan are level on 66.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Mazatlan 45: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Mazatlan 60: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Mazatlan 42: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Mazatlan 30: Adelaide leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Mazatlan 40: Adelaide leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Mazatlan 35: Adelaide leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideMazatlan
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number000911
Elevation1 m139 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideMazatlan
City population1,387,290441,975
People per km²1,071-
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Mazatlan somewhere new.

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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.