Mexico City
At 2,240 metres, Mexico City's rooftops start with an altitude advantage — as will your mezcal, so pace the first round.
- Best forNightlife
- Approx. flying time~3h 35m from Los Angeles
- Nearest airportMexico City (MEX)
Why go
The world's-best lists have developed a habit of putting Mexico City at the very top. Handshake Speakeasy took the number-one spot with crystal-clear cocktails that taste like quiet sorcery, and the bars of Roma Norte and Juárez — Licorería Limantour chief among them — built the scene it now crowns. The house material is agave: order a mezcal negroni and accept the orange slice with sal de gusano. Book Handshake weeks ahead; walk-ins join a philosophical queue.
Featured in Ten rooftop-bar cities for golden-hour drinks and Ten cocktail cities for a very grown-up bar crawl
When to go
Daytime highs run from about 20°C in December to 26°C in May. Driest in February; wettest in July, with rain on about 29 days.
The year at a glance — pick a month for detail
August21° · rain 29 daysMild and often wet.
Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — January and February. Live conditions from MET Norway, CC BY 4.0.
Where to stay
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Flights
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