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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Como or San Miguel de Allende?

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 Como for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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. Como 36, San Miguel de Allende 4: Como leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, San Miguel de Allende 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, San Miguel de Allende 40: Como leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Como 87, San Miguel de Allende 77: Como leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Como 47, San Miguel de Allende 32: Como leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Como 66, San Miguel de Allende 48: Como leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Como 30, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, San Miguel de Allende 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Como
49match

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

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness 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.

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageItalianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation201 m1,900 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoSan Miguel de Allende
City population83,18469,811
People per km²2,242-
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km82

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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. 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.