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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Monaco?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Monaco for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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, Monaco 68: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Monaco 57: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Monaco 48: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan and Monaco are level on 60.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Monaco 52: Monaco leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Monaco 3: Mazatlan leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Monaco.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanMonaco

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). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanMonaco
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation139 m68 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanMonaco
City population441,97538,857
People per km²-18,503
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.