Zacatecas

Population 138,444 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Mexico

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Mexico
Daylight 10 h 45 in Dec, dark by 17:07 · 13 h 31 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 53 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 24 of daylight
  3. March: 12 h of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 41 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 14 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 31 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 24 of daylight
  8. August: 12 h 56 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 17 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 38 of daylight
  11. November: 11 h 03 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 45 of daylight

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. Festival Zacatecas del Folclor Internacional

    August

    Festival Zacatecas del Folclor Internacional celebrates historical and indigenous cultural traditions. It happens the first week of August

  2. Morismas de Bracho

    August

    Morismas de Bracho is a 3-day festival held in August each year. It features a re-enactment of the decapitation of John the Baptist and the Christian battles against the Moors.

2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

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

Markets

  • Mercado Genaro Codina

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

  • González Ortega Mercado

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

  • Mercado Roberto del Real Carranza

    No hours mapped

    3.0 km from the centre

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

Eating nearby

All 2 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.