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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Sedona?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Sedona 33: Mexico City leads by 57 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Sedona 20: Mexico City leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Sedona 8: Mexico City leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Sedona 55: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Sedona 42: Mexico City leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Sedona 22: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Sedona 34: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Sedona 18: Mexico City leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Sedona 13: Mexico City leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Sedona.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 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 CitySedona

Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CitySedona
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,240 m1,319 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CitySedona
City population9,209,9449,684
People per km²6,202195
Museums within 10 km1080
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.