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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The main beach with the green hills behind, Sayulita
SayulitaThe main beach with the green hills behind

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sayulita by Luisalvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Maastricht or Sayulita?

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 Maastricht for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sayulita for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Sayulita’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. Maastricht 8, Sayulita 80: Sayulita leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Sayulita 42: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Sayulita 7: Maastricht leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Sayulita 33: Maastricht leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Sayulita 72: Sayulita leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Sayulita 42: Maastricht leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Sayulita 42: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Sayulita 48: Maastricht leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Sayulita 33: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Sayulita 45: Sayulita leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Sayulita 12: Maastricht leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Sayulita 58: Sayulita leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Sayulita.

Your match

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

Maastricht
Best match
52match

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

Sayulita
43match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Sayulita in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
342 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MaastrichtSayulita

Where the figures come from

Sayulita has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Sayulita: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtSayulita
Official languageDutchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation49 m2 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)29 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtSayulita
City population120,2273,390
People per km²2,000-
Museums within 10 km210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.