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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • 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. Breckenridge 4, Guadalajara 5: Guadalajara leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Guadalajara 62: Guadalajara leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge 30, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Guadalajara 55: Breckenridge leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Guadalajara 66: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge 60, Guadalajara 55: Breckenridge leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Guadalajara 40: Breckenridge leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 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: Breckenridge and Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Breckenridge
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BreckenridgeGuadalajara

Where the figures come from

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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. Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgeGuadalajara
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation2,926 m1,536 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre68 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgeGuadalajara
City population5,0781,385,621
People per km²3329,556
Museums within 10 km017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.