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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius
VilniusVilnius Cathedral

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vilnius by Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Vilnius?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vilnius for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Vilnius’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, Vilnius 17: Mazatlan leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Vilnius 50: Mazatlan leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Vilnius 66: Vilnius leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Vilnius 46: Mazatlan leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Vilnius 52: Mazatlan leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Vilnius 60: Vilnius leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Vilnius 44: Mazatlan leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Vilnius 68: Vilnius leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Vilnius 38: Vilnius leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Vilnius 64: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Vilnius 54: Vilnius leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Vilnius 34: Mazatlan leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Vilnius.

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 families with your weighting.

Vilnius
49match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Vilnius in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
90 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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). Vilnius: 1991-2020 normals, Vilnius (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanVilnius
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaLithuanian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation139 m98 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsVilnius International Airport (VNO)6 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanVilnius
City population441,975619,405
People per km²-1,545
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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. 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.