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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mazatlan or Yokohama?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Mazatlan leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Yokohama 44: Mazatlan leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan and Yokohama are level on 66.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Yokohama 55: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Yokohama.

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.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

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). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanYokohama
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaJapanese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation139 m24 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanYokohama
City population441,9753,757,630
People per km²-8,585
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.