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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • 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. Lisbon 50, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Mazatlan 62: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Mazatlan 42: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Mazatlan 55: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Mazatlan 66: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Mazatlan 45: Lisbon leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Mazatlan 60: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Mazatlan 42: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Mazatlan 30: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Mazatlan 40: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Mazatlan 35: Lisbon leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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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LisbonMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonMazatlan
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation100 m139 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonMazatlan
City population545,796441,975
People per km²5,453-
Museums within 10 km803
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.