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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Antibes and Mazatlan are level on 80.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes and Mazatlan are level on 42.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Mazatlan 66: Antibes leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Mazatlan 45: Antibes leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Mazatlan 42: Antibes leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Mazatlan 30: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Mazatlan 35: Antibes leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Antibes
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Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesMazatlan
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m139 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesMazatlan
City population77,637441,975
People per km²2,930-
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.