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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’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. Delhi 4, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Mazatlan 62: Delhi leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Mazatlan 42: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Mazatlan 45: Delhi leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Mazatlan 42: Delhi leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Mazatlan 30: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Mazatlan 70: Delhi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Mazatlan 40: Delhi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi 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

Delhi
53match

Wins on shopping 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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DelhiMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMazatlan
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-7
Emergency number108 or 112911
Elevation221 m139 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMazatlan
City population26,495,000441,975
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.