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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Mazatlan or Warsaw?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Mazatlan leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Warsaw 60: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Warsaw 47: Mazatlan leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Warsaw 52: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Warsaw 64: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan and Warsaw are level on 35.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

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

Warsaw
Best match
55match

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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanWarsaw

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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanWarsaw
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPolish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation139 m118 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanWarsaw
City population441,9751,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km3117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.