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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
Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Helsinki?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Helsinki for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Helsinki’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, Helsinki 28: Helsinki leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Helsinki 52: Guadalajara leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Helsinki 60: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Helsinki 50: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Helsinki 58: Helsinki leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Helsinki 62: Guadalajara leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Helsinki 76: Helsinki leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Helsinki 86: Helsinki leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Helsinki 62: Helsinki leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Helsinki 30: Guadalajara leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Helsinki 63: Helsinki leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Helsinki 82: Helsinki leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Helsinki.

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.

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraHelsinki

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. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraHelsinki
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m17 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraHelsinki
City population1,385,621694,392
People per km²9,5563,239
Museums within 10 km1774
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.