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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Miami?

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 Mazatlan for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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. Mazatlan 80, Miami 90: Miami leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Miami 72: Miami leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Miami 57: Miami leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Miami 82: Miami leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Miami 64: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Miami 42: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Miami 64: Miami leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Miami 35: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Miami 71: Miami leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Miami 27: Mazatlan leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Miami 55: Miami leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Miami 44: Miami leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Miami.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanMiami

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanMiami
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation139 m2 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanMiami
City population441,975442,241
People per km²-3,046
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.