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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Calgary or Oaxaca?

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 Calgary for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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. Calgary 8, Oaxaca 5: Calgary leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Calgary and Oaxaca are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Oaxaca 62: Calgary leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Oaxaca 40: Calgary leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Oaxaca 38: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

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

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CalgaryOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryOaxaca
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,045 m1,555 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryOaxaca
City population1,306,784258,913
People per km²1,5833,028
Museums within 10 km1310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.