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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Florence 14, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Mazatlan 62: Florence leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Mazatlan 42: Florence leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Mazatlan 45: Florence leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Mazatlan 42: Florence leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Mazatlan 30: Florence leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Mazatlan 40: Florence leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Mazatlan 35: Florence leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceMazatlan
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
Elevation50 m139 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceMazatlan
City population360,930441,975
People per km²3,528-
Museums within 10 km1413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.