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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Mazatlan or Valencia?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Valencia for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Valencia 60: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Valencia 57: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Valencia.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanValencia

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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanValencia
City population441,975840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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.