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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Mazatlan or Washington DC?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Mazatlan leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Washington DC 64: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Washington DC 28: Mazatlan leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MazatlanWashington DC

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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanWashington DC
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation139 m72 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanWashington DC
City population441,975689,545
People per km²-3,896
Museums within 10 km398
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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.