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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Mexico City or Paris?

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

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

Choose Paris for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Paris leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Paris 96: Paris leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Paris 97: Paris leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City and Paris are level on 80.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Paris 52: Paris leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Paris 92: Paris leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Paris 79: Paris leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Paris 88: Paris leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Paris 98: Paris leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Paris 25: Mexico City leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Paris 88: Paris leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City and Paris are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Paris.

Your match

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Mexico City
63match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CityParis

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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityParis
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m27 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityParis
City population9,209,9442,103,778
People per km²6,20219,960
Museums within 10 km108251
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.