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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Oaxaca or Reykjavik?

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 Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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. Oaxaca 5, Reykjavik 12: Reykjavik leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Reykjavik 42: Oaxaca leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Reykjavik 25: Oaxaca leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Reykjavik 35: Oaxaca leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca and Reykjavik are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Reykjavik 25: Oaxaca leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Reykjavik 6: Oaxaca leads by 71 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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.

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OaxacaReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaReykjavik
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaIcelandic
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,555 m8 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaReykjavik
City population258,913138,772
People per km²3,028569
Museums within 10 km1023
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.