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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Toulouse?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Mazatlan leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Toulouse 58: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Toulouse 46: Mazatlan leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Toulouse 27: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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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MazatlanToulouse

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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanToulouse
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 m115 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanToulouse
City population441,975514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km324
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.