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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Antwerp 15, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp and Mazatlan are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Mazatlan 42: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Mazatlan 55: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Mazatlan 45: Antwerp leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Mazatlan 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Mazatlan 42: Antwerp leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Mazatlan 30: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Mazatlan 40: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMazatlan
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish, 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
Elevation7 m139 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMazatlan
City population529,247441,975
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km383
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.