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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Nashville?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Nashville leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Nashville 62: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Nashville 50: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Nashville 70: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Nashville 46: Mexico City leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Nashville 52: Mexico City leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Nashville 55: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Nashville 30: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Nashville 42: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Nashville 30: Mexico City leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Nashville 20: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Nashville.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CityNashville

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). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityNashville
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,240 m182 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityNashville
City population9,209,944689,447
People per km²6,202506
Museums within 10 km10812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

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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. 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.