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Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Huatulco or Reykjavik?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Huatulco leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Huatulco 44, Reykjavik 42: Huatulco leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Huatulco 15, Reykjavik 25: Reykjavik leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Huatulco 24, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huatulco 76, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Huatulco 40, Reykjavik 35: Huatulco leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Huatulco 56, Reykjavik 55: Huatulco leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Huatulco 33, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Huatulco 20, Reykjavik 25: Reykjavik leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Huatulco 62, Reykjavik 6: Huatulco leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huatulco 9, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huatulco 52, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huatulco and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Huatulco
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on live music and the arts and wellness 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuatulcoReykjavik
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaIcelandic
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation220 m8 m
Main airportBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuatulcoReykjavik
City population7,409138,772
People per km²-569
Museums within 10 km023
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.