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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 floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Hiroshima?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Hiroshima 66: Guadalajara leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Hiroshima 60: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Hiroshima 45: Guadalajara leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Hiroshima 52: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Hiroshima 58: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Hiroshima 38: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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. Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraHiroshima
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaJapanese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1,536 m3 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraHiroshima
City population1,385,6211,198,021
People per km²9,5561,324
Museums within 10 km1718
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.