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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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. Dublin 27, Guadalajara 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Guadalajara 62: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Guadalajara 55: Dublin leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Guadalajara 66: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Guadalajara 55: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Guadalajara 40: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Guadalajara 60: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Guadalajara 35: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Guadalajara.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Dublin
53match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Guadalajara
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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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

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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureDublinGuadalajara
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m1,536 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinGuadalajara
City population592,7131,385,621
People per km²5,1549,556
Museums within 10 km4017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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.