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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Manchester 9, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Mazatlan 42: Manchester leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Mazatlan 55: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Mazatlan 45: Manchester leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Mazatlan 42: Manchester leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Mazatlan 30: Manchester leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Mazatlan 40: Manchester leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Manchester
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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.

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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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ManchesterMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterMazatlan
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation38 m139 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterMazatlan
City population547,627441,975
People per km²4,737-
Museums within 10 km283
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.