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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

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

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Hamburg 28, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Mazatlan 42: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Mazatlan 55: Hamburg leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Mazatlan 45: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Mazatlan 60: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Mazatlan 42: Hamburg leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Mazatlan 30: Hamburg leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Mazatlan 40: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Mazatlan 35: Hamburg leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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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HamburgMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgMazatlan
Official languageGermanSpanish, 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
Elevation6 m139 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgMazatlan
City population1,869,473441,975
People per km²2,476-
Museums within 10 km773
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.