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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Monaco?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Monaco for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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, Monaco 68: Monaco leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Monaco 57: Mexico City leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Monaco 55: Mexico City leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Monaco 48: Mexico City leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Monaco 60: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Monaco 52: Mexico City leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Monaco 3: Mexico City leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Monaco 63: Mexico City leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Monaco.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches 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.

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CityMonaco

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). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityMonaco
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m68 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityMonaco
City population9,209,94438,857
People per km²6,20218,503
Museums within 10 km10814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.