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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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. Geneva 45, Guadalajara 5: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Guadalajara 62: Guadalajara leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Guadalajara 55: Geneva leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Guadalajara 66: Geneva leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Guadalajara 55: Geneva leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Guadalajara 40: Geneva leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Guadalajara 60: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva and Guadalajara are level on 60.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Guadalajara 35: Geneva leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva 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

Geneva
57match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGenevaGuadalajara
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation403 m1,536 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaGuadalajara
City population211,1521,385,621
People per km²13,2809,556
Museums within 10 km3417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.