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The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Halifax by Danieljmacdonald, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Halifax 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 Halifax for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Halifax 32, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Halifax 50, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Halifax and Mazatlan are level on 42.
Nightlife. Halifax 46, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Halifax 62, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Halifax 63, Mazatlan 45: Halifax leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Halifax 55, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Halifax 48, Mazatlan 42: Halifax leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Halifax 35, Mazatlan 30: Halifax leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Halifax 38, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Halifax 46, Mazatlan 40: Halifax leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Halifax 28, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Halifax and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Halifax
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
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.

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °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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HalifaxMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHalifaxMazatlan
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation28 m139 m
Main airportHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHalifaxMazatlan
City population440,072441,975
People per km²80-
Museums within 10 km153
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.