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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Mazatlan or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Mazatlan leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Ushuaia 40: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Ushuaia 22: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Ushuaia 18: Mazatlan leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Ushuaia 14: Mazatlan leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Ushuaia 40: Mazatlan leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Ushuaia 22: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Ushuaia 42: Mazatlan leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Ushuaia 10: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Ushuaia 26: Mazatlan leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Ushuaia.

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.

Ushuaia
31match

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanUshuaia

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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanUshuaia
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSpanish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation139 m23 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanUshuaia
City population441,97582,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.