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The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Buenos Aires 7, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Buenos Aires 75, Mazatlan 62: Buenos Aires leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Buenos Aires 71, Mazatlan 42: Buenos Aires leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Buenos Aires 95, Mazatlan 55: Buenos Aires leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Buenos Aires 38, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Buenos Aires 60, Mazatlan 45: Buenos Aires leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Buenos Aires 52, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Buenos Aires 62, Mazatlan 42: Buenos Aires leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Buenos Aires 60, Mazatlan 30: Buenos Aires leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Buenos Aires 55, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Buenos Aires 75, Mazatlan 40: Buenos Aires leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Buenos Aires 28, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Buenos Aires and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Buenos Aires
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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.

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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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Buenos AiresMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBuenos AiresMazatlan
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation25 m139 m
Main airportEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBuenos AiresMazatlan
City population3,121,707441,975
People per km²15,355-
Museums within 10 km763
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.