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Mexicali

Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California in Mexico, directly across the border from Calexico, California, United States. Its proximity to the United States has made it a very popular tourist destination, especially for day-trippers. Wikivoyage

Population 854,186 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Mexico

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Mexico

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Baja Prog

    March

    An international festival of progressive rock that brings together the most famous groups of this musical genre during the month of March

  2. Fiestas del Sol

    September – October

    Known as the biggest fair in the region, the Fiestas del Sol run from the end of September through mid-October.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Mexicali); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • mexicali califonira market

    No hours mapped

    2.8 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 1 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.