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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Orlando?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Orlando 48: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Orlando 22: Mexico City leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Orlando 40: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Orlando 46: Mexico City leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Orlando 58: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Orlando 8: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Orlando 58: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Orlando 36: Mexico City leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Orlando 40: Mexico City leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Orlando 32: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Orlando.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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 CityOrlando

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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityOrlando
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,240 m34 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityOrlando
City population9,209,944334,854
People per km²6,2021,086
Museums within 10 km10811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

Where else could you go?

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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.