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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Brussels 18, Mexico City 5: Brussels leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Mexico City 75: Brussels leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Mexico City 58: Brussels leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Mexico City 50: Brussels leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Brussels
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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
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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BrusselsMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsMexico City
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-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation70 m2,240 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsMexico City
City population195,5469,209,944
People per km²5,9086,202
Museums within 10 km106108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km106

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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.