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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manchester or Oaxaca?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Oaxaca 40: Manchester leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Oaxaca 62: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Oaxaca 65: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Oaxaca 40: Manchester leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Oaxaca 55: Manchester leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester and Oaxaca are level on 62.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Oaxaca 38: Manchester leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Manchester
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Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Oaxaca
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Wins on prices 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.

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManchesterOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterOaxaca
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-6
Emergency number112 or 999911
Elevation38 m1,555 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterOaxaca
City population547,627258,913
People per km²4,7373,028
Museums within 10 km2810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.