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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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. Berlin 38, Mexico City 5: Berlin leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Mexico City 80: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin and Mexico City are level on 50.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Mexico City 58: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Mexico City 50: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Mexico City 72: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Mexico City 40: Berlin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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
16 hdaylight a day

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BerlinMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinMexico City
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-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation34 m2,240 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinMexico City
City population3,700,5779,209,944
People per km²4,1536,202
Museums within 10 km157108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46

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