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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Guadalajara?

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 Antwerp for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Guadalajara’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. Antwerp 15, Guadalajara 5: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Guadalajara 62: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Guadalajara 55: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Guadalajara 66: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Guadalajara 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Guadalajara 40: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Guadalajara 60: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Guadalajara 35: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Antwerp
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Guadalajara has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpGuadalajara
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m1,536 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpGuadalajara
City population529,2471,385,621
People per km²2,5429,556
Museums within 10 km3817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92

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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. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.