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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bucharest 8, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Mazatlan 42: Bucharest leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Mazatlan 55: Bucharest leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Mazatlan 45: Bucharest leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Mazatlan 42: Bucharest leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Mazatlan 30: Bucharest leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bucharest and Mazatlan are level on 70.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Mazatlan 40: Bucharest leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Mazatlan 35: Bucharest leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bucharest
51match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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BucharestMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestMazatlan
Official languageRomanianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation70 m139 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestMazatlan
City population1,716,961441,975
People per km²7,597-
Museums within 10 km413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.