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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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. Austin 30, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Mazatlan 62: Austin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Mazatlan 55: Austin leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Mazatlan 45: Austin leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Mazatlan 30: Austin leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Mazatlan 40: Austin leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Mazatlan 35: Austin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Austin
50match

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

Mazatlan
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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinMazatlan
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation149 m139 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinMazatlan
City population961,855441,975
People per km²1,217-
Museums within 10 km213
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.