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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • 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. Doha 45, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Mazatlan 42: Doha leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 59 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Mazatlan 45: Mazatlan leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Doha and Mazatlan are level on 60.
Getting around. Doha 45, Mazatlan 42: Doha leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Mazatlan 30: Doha leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Mazatlan 35: Doha leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
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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DohaMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaMazatlan
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency number999911
Elevation0 m139 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre194 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaMazatlan
City population1,186,023441,975
People per km²8,985-
Museums within 10 km63
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 months

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.