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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Toledo?

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
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Mazatlan leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Toledo 40: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Toledo 22: Mazatlan leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Toledo 40: Mazatlan leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Toledo 45: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Toledo 32: Toledo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Toledo 58: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Toledo 22: Mazatlan leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Toledo 30: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Toledo.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanToledo

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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanToledo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanToledo
City population441,97587,216
People per km²-376
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.