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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Bath or Mexico City?

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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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. Bath 10, Mexico City 5: Bath leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Mexico City 50: Bath leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Mexico City 75: Bath leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Mexico City 50: Bath leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Mexico City 40: Bath leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathMexico City
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation132 m2,240 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathMexico City
City population94,0929,209,944
People per km²3,2456,202
Museums within 10 km17108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.