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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Mexico City or Salzburg?

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

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Salzburg 45: Mexico City leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Salzburg 72: Mexico City leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Salzburg 25: Mexico City leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Salzburg 48: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Salzburg 32: Mexico City leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Salzburg 55: Salzburg 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 Salzburg.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CitySalzburg

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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CitySalzburg
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m424 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CitySalzburg
City population9,209,944155,021
People per km²6,2022,360
Museums within 10 km10838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63

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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.