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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Stuttgart?

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 Stuttgart for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Mazatlan leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Stuttgart 58: Mazatlan leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Stuttgart 42: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Stuttgart 60: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Stuttgart 40: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Stuttgart.

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.

Stuttgart
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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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MazatlanStuttgart

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). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanStuttgart
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaGerman
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation139 m245 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanStuttgart
City population441,975609,365
People per km²-2,938
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.