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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Oaxaca 5, Zagreb 10: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Zagreb 55: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Zagreb 56: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca and Zagreb are level on 62.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Zagreb 60: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Zagreb 40: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Zagreb 60: Oaxaca leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Zagreb 33: Oaxaca leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around 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
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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OaxacaZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaZagreb
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
Elevation1,555 m127 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaZagreb
City population258,913767,131
People per km²3,028-
Museums within 10 km1027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.