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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Doha 45, Oaxaca 5: Doha leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Oaxaca 40: Doha leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips 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.

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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DohaOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaOaxaca
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number999911
Elevation0 m1,555 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaOaxaca
City population1,186,023258,913
People per km²8,9853,028
Museums within 10 km610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.