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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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. Avignon 22, Guadalajara 5: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Guadalajara 62: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Guadalajara 55: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Guadalajara 66: Avignon leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Guadalajara 55: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Guadalajara 40: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Guadalajara 60: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon and Guadalajara are level on 35.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAvignonGuadalajara
Official languageFrenchSpanish, 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
Elevation10 m1,536 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonGuadalajara
City population92,1881,385,621
People per km²1,4209,556
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62

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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.