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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Dubrovnik 74, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Mazatlan 42: Dubrovnik leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Mazatlan 66: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Mazatlan 45: Dubrovnik leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Mazatlan 42: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Mazatlan 30: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

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

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 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

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikMazatlan
Official languageCroatianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m139 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikMazatlan
City population41,562441,975
Museums within 10 km73
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.