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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Cairo 10, Guadalajara 5: Cairo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Guadalajara 62: Cairo leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Guadalajara 55: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Cairo and Guadalajara are level on 66.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Guadalajara 55: Guadalajara leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Guadalajara 40: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Guadalajara 78: Cairo leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Guadalajara 35: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 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. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureCairoGuadalajara
Official languageArabicSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180911
Elevation23 m1,536 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoGuadalajara
City population9,801,5361,385,621
People per km²18,5649,556
Museums within 10 km4817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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). 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.