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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bodrum 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 Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Bodrum 80, Guadalajara 5: Bodrum leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Guadalajara 62: Guadalajara leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Guadalajara 55: Bodrum leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Guadalajara 66: Bodrum leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Guadalajara 55: Bodrum leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Guadalajara 40: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Guadalajara 35: Bodrum leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum 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

Bodrum
55match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
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

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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.

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. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBodrumGuadalajara
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,536 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumGuadalajara
City population175,0001,385,621
People per km²3149,556
Museums within 10 km417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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). 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.