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The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill
The main beach with the green hills behind, Sayulita
SayulitaThe main beach with the green hills behind

Photos: Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License; Sayulita by Luisalvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Philadelphia or Sayulita?

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 Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Sayulita for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sayulita’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. Philadelphia 36, Sayulita 80: Sayulita leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Philadelphia 62, Sayulita 42: Philadelphia leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Philadelphia 72, Sayulita 7: Philadelphia leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Philadelphia 55, Sayulita 33: Philadelphia leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Philadelphia 52, Sayulita 72: Sayulita leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Philadelphia 80, Sayulita 42: Philadelphia leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Philadelphia 68, Sayulita 42: Philadelphia leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Philadelphia 66, Sayulita 48: Philadelphia leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Philadelphia 57, Sayulita 33: Philadelphia leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Philadelphia 40, Sayulita 45: Sayulita leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Philadelphia 72, Sayulita 12: Philadelphia leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Philadelphia 26, Sayulita 58: Sayulita leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Philadelphia and Sayulita.

Your match

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

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Sayulita
43match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Sayulita in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
342 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sayulita has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre). Sayulita: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasurePhiladelphiaSayulita
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m2 m
Main airportPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)29 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhiladelphiaSayulita
City population1,603,7973,390
People per km²4,339-
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.