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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Brussels’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. Brussels 18, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Mazatlan 62: Brussels leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Mazatlan 42: Brussels leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Mazatlan 55: Brussels leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Mazatlan 45: Brussels leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Brussels and Mazatlan are level on 60.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Mazatlan 42: Brussels leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Mazatlan 30: Brussels leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Mazatlan 40: Brussels leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips 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.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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BrusselsMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsMazatlan
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish, 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
Elevation70 m139 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsMazatlan
City population195,546441,975
People per km²5,908-
Museums within 10 km1063
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km100
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.