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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Mazatlan or Seoul?

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

  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Seoul for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Mazatlan leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Seoul 50: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Seoul.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanSeoul

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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanSeoul
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Won (KRW)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation139 m38 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanSeoul
City population441,9759,668,465
People per km²-15,973
Museums within 10 km381
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.