The Mazatlán Brief

The Mazatlán Brief

Straight answers for the months you spend in Mazatlán.

The Mazatlán Brief answers what things actually cost in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and what the rules are for Americans and Canadians who spend part of the year here — taxes on rental income, the bank trust you need to buy on the coast, residency thresholds, and health cover once Medicare stops at the border. Every figure carries the month we verified it. Last updated .

Rocky shoreline in Mazatlán, with the Golden Zone skyline across the bay
Mazatlán, Sinaloa · Alejandro Hernández Osuna · Wikimedia Commons · public domain

What do people ask before they come to Mazatlán?

How much does a season in Mazatlán cost?

Our running cost index: residency thresholds, the bank trust, tax on rental income, health cover at 60, dental work. Every figure carries the month we checked it — and the rows we have not verified yet say so.

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Who writes The Mazatlán Brief, and how it is paid for