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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Beijing 6, Guadalajara 5: Beijing leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Guadalajara 75: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Guadalajara 62: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Guadalajara 55: Beijing leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Guadalajara 66: Beijing leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Guadalajara 55: Beijing leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Guadalajara 40: Beijing leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Guadalajara 60: Beijing leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Guadalajara 60: Beijing leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Guadalajara 35: Beijing leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 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

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. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBeijingGuadalajara
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation43 m1,536 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingGuadalajara
City population21,893,0951,385,621
People per km²1,3349,556
Museums within 10 km8317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62

Where else could you go?

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.