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The main beach with the green hills behind, Sayulita
SayulitaThe main beach with the green hills behind
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Sayulita by Luisalvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sayulita or Toronto?

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 Sayulita for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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. Sayulita 80, Toronto 34: Sayulita leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Sayulita 42, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Sayulita 7, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Sayulita 33, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sayulita 72, Toronto 52: Sayulita leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Sayulita 42, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sayulita 42, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Sayulita 48, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Sayulita 33, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Sayulita 45, Toronto 34: Sayulita leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sayulita 12, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sayulita 58, Toronto 33: Sayulita leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sayulita and Toronto.

Your match

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

Sayulita
43match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Sayulita in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
342 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 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. Sayulita: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSayulitaToronto
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation2 m76 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)29 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSayulitaToronto
City population3,3902,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.