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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

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. Izmir 62, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Mazatlan 62: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Mazatlan 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Mazatlan 55: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir and Mazatlan are level on 66.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Mazatlan 45: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Mazatlan 42: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Mazatlan 30: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Mazatlan 40: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Mazatlan 35: Izmir leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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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IzmirMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirMazatlan
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m139 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirMazatlan
City population4,493,242441,975
People per km²4,760-
Museums within 10 km293
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.