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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Oaxaca or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 55 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Tokyo 48: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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OaxacaTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaTokyo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaJapanese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1,555 m6 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaTokyo
City population258,91314,264,798
People per km²3,0286,501
Museums within 10 km10192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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. 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.