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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or San Miguel de Allende?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Amsterdam for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Amsterdam’s own page.

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Amsterdam 25, San Miguel de Allende 4: Amsterdam leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, San Miguel de Allende 62: Amsterdam leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, San Miguel de Allende 38: Amsterdam leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, San Miguel de Allende 40: Amsterdam leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, San Miguel de Allende 77: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, San Miguel de Allende 32: Amsterdam leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, San Miguel de Allende 48: Amsterdam leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, San Miguel de Allende 55: Amsterdam leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, San Miguel de Allende 40: Amsterdam leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageDutchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation-2 m1,900 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamSan Miguel de Allende
City population921,46869,811
People per km²4,208-
Museums within 10 km1012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.