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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 Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Jakarta?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Jakarta 48: Guadalajara leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Jakarta 66: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Jakarta 30: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Jakarta 45: Guadalajara leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Jakarta 50: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Jakarta 36: Guadalajara leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Jakarta 42: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 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. Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraJakarta
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaIndonesian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m91 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraJakarta
City population1,385,62111,135,191
People per km²9,55616,821
Museums within 10 km1744
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.