Towns & Cities

Tourist information about cities in Mexico. Each city post is built to give you a clear and useful snapshot, from year-round climate and local weather to the city’s origin and historical highlights. You’ll also find major sights worth visiting, ideas for one-day trips, practical travel tips on how to get there, and interactive maps to help you explore.

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La Paz

La Paz ("Peace") is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and an important regional commercial center. The city had a [...]

Lagos de Moreno

Lagos de Moreno is a city and its surrounding municipal area of the same name, located in the extreme northeastern part of the state of [...]

Lázaro Cárdenas

Lazaro Cardenas is a bustling port city located on the Pacific coast of Mexico, in the state of Michoacan. The city serves as a vital [...]

León

León is the most populous city and municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. In the 2015 Intercensal Survey INEGI reported 1,578,626 people living in [...]

Lerdo

Ciudad Lerdo (Lerdo City) is a small city in the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Durango. It serves as the municipal seat for [...]

Lerma

Lerma (formally Lerma de Villada) is a city and municipality located just east of Toluca and 54 km west of Mexico City in State of [...]

Loreto

Loreto (or Conchó) is a city in and the municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, located on the Gulf of California in eastern Baja California Sur [...]

Los Mochis

Los Mochis is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 [...]

Madero

Madero, formally Ciudad Madero, is a city and its coextensive municipality in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city is located in the extreme southeastern [...]

Magdalena de Kino

Magdalena de Kino is a historic city located in the northern part of Sonora. Magdalena de Kino is located approximately 80 km from the state [...]

Mahahual

Mahahual (also spelled Majahual) is a peaceful beach town in southern Yucatán, near the Belize border. It sits between dense jungle and Caribbean waters. Far [...]

Malinalco

Malinalco is a town located in the State of Mexico. Malinalco has always been associated with magic or sorcery due to the legend that it [...]

Maní

Maní is a small city in Maní Municipality in the central region of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is about [...]

Mante

Mante formally Ciudad Mante is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It had a 2005 census population of 81,884 inhabitants. The city is [...]

Manzanillo

Manzanillo is a city, seat of Manzanillo Municipality, in the Mexican state of Colima. In the 2005 census, the city of Manzanillo had a population [...]

Mapastepec

Mapastepec is located south of Chiapas. One of its main tourist attractions is The Coaches, place located next to the sea for relaxation and recreation [...]

Mapimí

Mapimí is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Mapimí in the Mexican state of Durango. Mapimi is an outstanding "Magical Town", given [...]

Mascota

Mascota is a town and municipality in Jalisco, in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 1,591.63 km². Among the pines and oaks of [...]

Matamoros

Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located on the southern bank of the [...]

Mazamitla

Mazamitla (La Capital de la Montaña) is a town and municipality of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located 124 km south of Guadalajara [...]

Mazatlán

Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipio, known as the Mazatlán [...]

Merida

Mérida is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Yucatán as well as the largest city of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is [...]

Metepec

Metepec is a city and municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico and is located directly to the east of the state capital, Toluca, [...]

Mexicali

Mexicali is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the Municipality of Mexicali. Mexicali is situated on the [...]

Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital and most populous city of Mexico. With an area of some 1550 square km and a population of 21 million, [...]

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Mineral de Pozos

[smartslider3 slider=7] In the middle of the semi-desert, with a landscape covered with mesquite trees, stands Mineral de Pozos, the town with a mining history [...]

Miramar

Miramar is a city near the southeastern tip of the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is the largest city in the municipality of Altamira [...]

Monclova

Santiago de la Monclova, more commonly known as Monclova, is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern [...]

Monterrey

Monterrey is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, in Mexico. Monterrey is located in northeast Mexico, at the foothills [...]

Morelia

Morelia is a city and municipality in the north-central part of the state of Michoacan in central Mexico. The city is the capital and the [...]

Mulegé

Mulegé is an oasis town in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, situated at the mouth of the Río de Santa Rosalía. It is [...]

Nacajuca

Nacajuca is a city in Nacajuca Municipality in the Mexican state of Tabasco. It is located 26 km from the state capital of Villahermosa. Nacajuca [...]

Naucalpan

Naucalpan, officially Naucalpan de Juárez, is a city and municipality located just northwest of Mexico City in adjoining State of Mexico. The name Naucalpan comes [...]

Navojoa

Navojoa is the fifth-largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is situated in the southern part of the state. The city is [...]

Navolato

Navolato is a city in Navolato Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located on the central coast part of the state, the [...]

Nezahualcóyotl

Nezahualcóyotl, or more commonly Neza, is a city and municipality of the State of Mexico adjacent to the northeast corner of Mexico City; it is [...]