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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • getting around

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. Atlanta 10, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Mazatlan 62: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Mazatlan 42: Atlanta leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Mazatlan 55: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Mazatlan 45: Atlanta leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Mazatlan 60: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Mazatlan 30: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Mazatlan 40: Atlanta leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaMazatlan
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation225 m139 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaMazatlan
City population498,715441,975
People per km²1,433-
Museums within 10 km273
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.