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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • families
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Catania 72, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Mazatlan 62: Catania leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Mazatlan 42: Catania leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Mazatlan 55: Catania leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Mazatlan 66: Catania leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Mazatlan 45: Catania leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Mazatlan 42: Catania leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Mazatlan 30: Catania leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Mazatlan 40: Catania leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on families 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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

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

Before you go

MeasureCataniaMazatlan
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m139 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaMazatlan
City population311,584441,975
People per km²1,704-
Museums within 10 km253
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.