Photos: Akumal by Alfonzo Buscemi, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Destin by #KenFL74, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.
Akumal or Destin?
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 Akumal for
- day trips
- wellness
- nature and the outdoors
What lies behind each score is written up on Akumal’s own page.
Choose Destin for
- shopping
- nightlife
- live music and the arts
What lies behind each score is written up on Destin’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Akumal and Destin.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Too close to call, 2 points apart
Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.
Wins on shopping 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.
Akumal in July
Destin in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Akumal has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.
Destin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Akumal: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Destin: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Destin (0.8 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Akumal | Destin |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya | - |
| Currency | Mexican Peso (MXN) | US Dollar (USD) |
| Sockets | AB127 V, 60 Hz | AB120 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC-5 | UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer |
| Emergency number | 911 | 911 |
| Elevation | 11 m | 8 m |
| Main airport | Cancún International Airport (CUN)85 km from centre135 non-stop destinations | Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)11 km from centre45 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 9 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Akumal | Destin |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 2,154 | 13,931 |
| People per km² | - | 636 |
| Museums within 10 km | 0 | 1 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 12 months | 7 months |
Where else could you go?
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