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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Milan?

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 Mexico City for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Milan for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Milan’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. Mexico City 5, Milan 20: Milan leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Milan 78: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Milan 78: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Milan 66: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Milan 65: Milan leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Milan 91: Milan leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Milan 55: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Milan 79: Milan leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Milan 92: Milan leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Milan 33: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Milan 82: Milan leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Milan 42: Milan leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Milan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mexico City
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Milan
65match

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.

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityMilan
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m138 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityMilan
City population9,209,9441,354,196
People per km²6,2027,453
Museums within 10 km10888
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.