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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • getting around
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Brisbane 55, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane and Mazatlan are level on 42.
Nightlife. Brisbane and Mazatlan are level on 55.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Mazatlan 66: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Mazatlan 45: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Mazatlan 60: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Mazatlan 42: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Mazatlan 30: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Mazatlan 40: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Mazatlan 35: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane 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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneMazatlan
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-7
Emergency number000911
Elevation0 m139 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneMazatlan
City population2,706,966441,975
People per km²171-
Museums within 10 km163
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.