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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Marseille or Mexico City?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Marseille leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Mexico City 50: Marseille leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Mexico City 75: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Mexico City 50: Marseille leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Marseille
60match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 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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MarseilleMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleMexico City
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-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m2,240 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleMexico City
City population886,0409,209,944
People per km²3,6836,202
Museums within 10 km27108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.