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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • beaches

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. Hong Kong 50, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Mazatlan 62: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Mazatlan 42: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Mazatlan 55: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Mazatlan 66: Hong Kong leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Mazatlan 45: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Mazatlan 60: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Mazatlan 42: Hong Kong leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Mazatlan 30: Hong Kong leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Mazatlan 40: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Mazatlan 35: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Hong KongMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongMazatlan
Official languageStandard ChineseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-7
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m139 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongMazatlan
City population7,413,070441,975
Museums within 10 km393
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months12 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. 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.