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The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Hamburg?

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 Guadalajara for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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. Guadalajara 5, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Hamburg 55: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara and Hamburg are level on 62.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Hamburg 52: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Hamburg 70: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Hamburg 38: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Guadalajara in July

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraHamburg

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

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraHamburg
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaGerman
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m6 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraHamburg
City population1,385,6211,869,473
People per km²9,5562,476
Museums within 10 km1777
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.