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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Toronto?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Toronto 70: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Toronto 50: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Toronto 62: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Toronto 50: Mexico City leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Toronto 66: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Toronto 34: Mexico City leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City and Toronto are level on 72.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Toronto 33: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Toronto.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CityToronto

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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityToronto
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,240 m76 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityToronto
City population9,209,9442,794,356
People per km²6,2024,434
Museums within 10 km10832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.