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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Mazatlan or Siem Reap?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Siem Reap’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, Siem Reap 5: Mazatlan leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Siem Reap 45: Mazatlan leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Siem Reap 42: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Siem Reap 40: Mazatlan leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Siem Reap 55: Siem Reap leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Siem Reap 35: Mazatlan leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Siem Reap 30: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Siem Reap 38: Siem Reap leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Siem Reap 32: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Siem Reap 60: Siem Reap leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Siem Reap.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

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

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness 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

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siem Reap has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanSiem Reap
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaKhmer
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation139 m18 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanSiem Reap
City population441,975147,866
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.