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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
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: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • families
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

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. Copenhagen 40, San Miguel de Allende 4: Copenhagen leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, San Miguel de Allende 62: Copenhagen leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, San Miguel de Allende 62: Copenhagen leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen 60, San Miguel de Allende 38: Copenhagen leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, San Miguel de Allende 40: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, San Miguel de Allende 77: San Miguel de Allende leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, San Miguel de Allende 32: Copenhagen leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, San Miguel de Allende 48: Copenhagen leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, San Miguel de Allende 55: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, San Miguel de Allende 40: Copenhagen leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 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
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

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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageDanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation14 m1,900 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenSan Miguel de Allende
City population667,09969,811
People per km²7,339-
Museums within 10 km722
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. 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.