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Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay
The Petronas Twin Towers from KLCC Park, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala LumpurThe Petronas Twin Towers from KLCC Park

Photos: Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kuala Lumpur by Brownc, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Huatulco or Kuala Lumpur?

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 Huatulco for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Kuala Lumpur for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Kuala Lumpur’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. Huatulco 86, Kuala Lumpur 12: Huatulco leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Huatulco 44, Kuala Lumpur 82: Kuala Lumpur leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Huatulco 15, Kuala Lumpur 57: Kuala Lumpur leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Huatulco 24, Kuala Lumpur 54: Kuala Lumpur leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huatulco 76, Kuala Lumpur 47: Huatulco leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Huatulco 40, Kuala Lumpur 52: Kuala Lumpur leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Huatulco 56, Kuala Lumpur 64: Kuala Lumpur leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Huatulco 33, Kuala Lumpur 57: Kuala Lumpur leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Huatulco 20, Kuala Lumpur 66: Kuala Lumpur leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Huatulco 62, Kuala Lumpur 75: Kuala Lumpur leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huatulco 9, Kuala Lumpur 42: Kuala Lumpur leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huatulco 52, Kuala Lumpur 44: Huatulco leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huatulco and Kuala Lumpur.

Your match

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

Huatulco
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Kuala Lumpur
Best match
54match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Kuala Lumpur in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
139 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco 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.

Kuala Lumpur's temperatures are measured 46 km from the centre, at Sepang/KL International Airport.

Kuala Lumpur 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre). Kuala Lumpur: 1991-2020 normals, Sepang/KL International Airport (46.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuatulcoKuala Lumpur
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaMalay
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation220 m50 m
Main airportBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsKuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)45 km from centre146 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHuatulcoKuala Lumpur
City population7,4099,000,280
People per km²-36,932
Museums within 10 km025
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.