Teotihuacan
A huge ancient city northeast of the capital, with the broad Avenue of the Dead and the towering Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. Visitors walk the long avenue and see plazas, temples and faded murals.
Mexico City
The huge capital draws visitors with colourful neighbourhoods, grand museums and Aztec ruins, while its street food ranks among the country's best.
Attractive locations
National Museum of Anthropology
Mexico's leading museum of the country's ancient and living cultures, with halls on the Maya, Aztec and other peoples, plus the famous Sun Stone. Plan several hours to see it properly.
Templo Mayor
Ruins of the main temple of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, uncovered beside the city's central square. An on-site museum shows the offerings and carvings found there, bringing the pre-Hispanic city to life.
Chapultepec Castle
Hilltop palace in Chapultepec Park that once housed Emperor Maximilian. It now holds the National Museum of History, with period rooms, murals and broad views over the city.
Frida Kahlo Museum
The blue house in Coyoacán where the painter was born and lived for much of her life. Rooms display her belongings, art and a garden, giving a close look at her world.
Zócalo (Plaza de la Constitución)
Mexico City's vast main square, framed by the National Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Templo Mayor ruins. It hosts large public events, concerts and national celebrations.
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
One of the most visited Catholic shrines in the world, on the northern side of the city, holding the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. A modern round basilica stands beside the older church, and huge crowds of pilgrims come each December.
Airports
Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX
It is about 11 km in a straight line from Mexico City.
Adolfo López Mateos International Airport TLC
It is about 45 km in a straight line from Mexico City.
Felipe Ángeles International Airport NLU
It is about 45 km in a straight line from Mexico City.
Scams and safe taxis
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan10.5 °C9 mm
- Feb12.3 °C12 mm
- Mar14.1 °C15 mm
- Apr16.4 °C22 mm
- May17.2 °C55 mm
- Jun16.1 °C135 mm
- Jul15.0 °C154 mm
- Aug14.8 °C153 mm
- Sep14.1 °C148 mm
- Oct13.1 °C64 mm
- Nov11.6 °C19 mm
- Dec10.9 °C6 mm
Driest months: Jan, Feb, Dec. Wettest months: Jul, Aug, Sep.
Costs
Prices here are about 54% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Festivals and events
sport
Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is where the F1 race is held.
Official siteculture
Independence Day (15-16 September)
The night of 'El Grito' in the Zocalo, plus a parade.
sport
Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is where the F1 race is held.
Official sitefestival
Day of the Dead
Full hotels and higher prices come with this event, one of the country's biggest each year, so plan early.
Who can help
Emergency
911 for police, ambulance and fire.
local government
Angeles Verdes (Secretaria de Turismo) - line 078
Helps with: The tourism ministry's road-traveller line. Call 078 for minor roadside help, tourist information, or to have an emergency report passed to the right authority. Covers federal highways.
Who qualifies: Travellers on Mexico's federal highways, within the Angeles Verdes coverage area.
Phone: 078
Email: atencion078@sectur.gob.mx
ngo
Cruz Roja Mexicana (Mexican Red Cross)
Helps with: Mexico's national Red Cross society. Its site says it responds to disasters and medical emergencies and gives food, shelter, medical care and psychosocial support.
Who qualifies: People in Mexico affected by emergencies or disasters, or in need of its medical and humanitarian services.
local government
National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED)
Helps with: Mexico's national disaster prevention centre. It monitors the Popocatepetl volcano and publishes alert levels and public safety information.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Mexico looking for official disaster and volcano alert information.
Email: direcciongeneral@cenapred.unam.mx
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mexico
Helps with: The UN migration agency, present in Mexico since 2004. It supports migrants, displaced people and returnees, including a campaign against trafficking of migrant women and girls.
Who qualifies: Migrants, displaced people and returnees. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +52 55 5536 3922
Address: Avenida Presidente Masaryk 101, Piso 18, Colonia Polanco V Seccion, Miguel Hidalgo, CP 11560, Ciudad de Mexico
embassy
Foreign embassies in Mexico City (city government list, partial)
Helps with: For a lost passport or serious trouble, contact your own country's embassy. Mexico City's government page lists about 25 of the roughly 86 embassies, with address and phone.
Who qualifies: Citizens of each country, through their own embassy.
local government
Emergency number 911 (police, ambulance and fire)
Helps with: Reaches police, ambulance and fire services. UK government travel advice lists this number.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors.
Phone: 911