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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
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Guadalajara or Hobart?

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
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Hobart 60: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Hobart 56: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Hobart 30: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Hobart 60: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Hobart 38: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Hobart 35: Guadalajara leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Hobart 45: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Hobart.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraHobart

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. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraHobart
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation1,536 m54 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraHobart
City population1,385,621197,451
People per km²9,556116
Museums within 10 km178
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. 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.