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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

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

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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. Hamburg 28, Mexico City 5: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Mexico City 50: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Mexico City 58: Hamburg leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Mexico City 50: Hamburg leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Mexico City 72: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Mexico City 40: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Hamburg
60match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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
17 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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HamburgMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgMexico City
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-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m2,240 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgMexico City
City population1,869,4739,209,944
People per km²2,4766,202
Museums within 10 km77108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16

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. 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.