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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Mazatlan or Strasbourg?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Mazatlan leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Strasbourg 40: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Strasbourg 62: Mazatlan leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Strasbourg 52: Strasbourg leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Strasbourg 44: Mazatlan leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Strasbourg 55: Strasbourg leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Strasbourg.

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.

Strasbourg
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanStrasbourg

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). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanStrasbourg
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation139 m132 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanStrasbourg
City population441,975293,771
People per km²-3,752
Museums within 10 km321
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.