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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mexico City or Zagreb?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Zagreb 55: Mexico City leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Zagreb 56: Mexico City leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Zagreb 47: Mexico City leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Zagreb 60: Mexico City leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Zagreb 52: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Zagreb 40: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Zagreb 60: Mexico City leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Zagreb 52: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

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.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around 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
13 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Mexico CityZagreb

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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityZagreb
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityZagreb
City population9,209,944767,131
People per km²6,202-
Museums within 10 km10827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

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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.