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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Taipei?

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 Taipei for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Mazatlan leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Taipei 66: Mazatlan leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Taipei.

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.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness 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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Taipei has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanTaipei
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+8
Emergency number911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation139 m10 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanTaipei
City population441,9752,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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.