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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Tromso?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Mazatlan leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Tromso 36: Mazatlan leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Tromso 27: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Tromso 38: Mazatlan leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Tromso 14: Mazatlan leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Tromso 45: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Tromso 15: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Tromso 11: Mazatlan leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Tromso 32: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Tromso.

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 prices with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanTromso

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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanTromso
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation139 m20 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanTromso
City population441,97579,943
People per km²-32
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.