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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Tunis?

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

  • nightlife
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tunis for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Tunis 60: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Tunis 33: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Tunis 45: Mazatlan leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Tunis 38: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Tunis 38: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Tunis.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanTunis
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation139 m4 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanTunis
City population441,975602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.