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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Mexico City or The Hague?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose The Hague for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, The Hague 48: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, The Hague 66: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, The Hague 38: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, The Hague 55: Mexico City leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, The Hague 35: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, The Hague 58: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and The Hague.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CityThe Hague

Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityThe Hague
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityThe Hague
City population9,209,944548,320
People per km²6,2025,589
Museums within 10 km10854
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.