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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • families
  • beaches

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. Marseille 72, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Mazatlan 62: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Mazatlan 42: Marseille leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Mazatlan 55: Marseille leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Mazatlan 66: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Mazatlan 45: Marseille leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Mazatlan 42: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Mazatlan 30: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Mazatlan 40: Marseille leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Mazatlan 35: Marseille leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices 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.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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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MarseilleMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleMazatlan
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m139 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleMazatlan
City population886,040441,975
People per km²3,683-
Museums within 10 km273
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months12 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.