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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Florence or Mexico City?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Florence leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Mexico City 88: Florence leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Mexico City 50: Florence leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Mexico City 75: Florence leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Mexico City 50: Florence leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Mexico City 40: Florence leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Florence
59match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceMexico City
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-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m2,240 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceMexico City
City population360,9309,209,944
People per km²3,5286,202
Museums within 10 km141108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km46

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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. 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.