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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 Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Hoi An?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’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, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Hoi An 68: Guadalajara leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Hoi An 28: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Hoi An 50: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Hoi An 48: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Hoi An 57: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Hoi An 24: Guadalajara leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Guadalajara
55match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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. Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraHoi An
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaVietnamese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation1,536 m13 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraHoi An
City population1,385,621121,716
People per km²9,556-
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.