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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

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

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Mazatlan 62: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Mazatlan 42: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Mazatlan 55: Berlin leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Mazatlan 45: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Mazatlan 60: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Mazatlan 42: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Mazatlan 30: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Mazatlan 40: Berlin leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Mazatlan 35: Berlin leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 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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BerlinMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMazatlan
Official languageGermanSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m139 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMazatlan
City population3,700,577441,975
People per km²4,153-
Museums within 10 km1573
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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.