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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
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Hurghada?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Hurghada 34: Guadalajara leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Hurghada 14: Guadalajara leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Hurghada 40: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Hurghada 30: Guadalajara leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Hurghada 22: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Hurghada 24: Guadalajara leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Hurghada 10: Guadalajara leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °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. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraHurghada
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation1,536 m11 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraHurghada
City population1,385,621214,247
People per km²9,556-
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.