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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Vancouver?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Mazatlan leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan and Vancouver are level on 42.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Vancouver 42: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan and Vancouver are level on 45.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Vancouver 27: Mazatlan leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanVancouver

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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanVancouver
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation139 m2 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanVancouver
City population441,975662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km326
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. 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.