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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bratislava 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 Bratislava for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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. Bratislava 15, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Mazatlan 42: Bratislava leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Mazatlan 45: Bratislava leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Mazatlan 42: Bratislava leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Mazatlan 30: Bratislava leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Mazatlan 40: Bratislava leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Mazatlan 35: Bratislava leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Bratislava
47match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 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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Where the figures come from

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaMazatlan
Official languageSlovakSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation152 m139 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaMazatlan
City population480,902441,975
People per km²1,308-
Museums within 10 km223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.