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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Pensacola?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Pensacola 45: Mexico City leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Pensacola 45: Mexico City leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Pensacola 42: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Pensacola 45: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Pensacola 18: Mexico City leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Pensacola 28: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Pensacola 44: Mexico City leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Pensacola 36: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Pensacola 30: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CityPensacola

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). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityPensacola
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 m31 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityPensacola
City population9,209,94454,312
People per km²6,202515
Museums within 10 km1085
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.