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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
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Jasper?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Jasper leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Jasper 22: Guadalajara leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Jasper 10: Guadalajara leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Jasper 14: Guadalajara leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Jasper 8: Guadalajara leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Jasper 42: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Jasper 18: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Jasper 12: Guadalajara leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Jasper 20: Guadalajara leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Jasper 7: Guadalajara leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Jasper.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

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
13 hdaylight a day

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraJasper

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. Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraJasper
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m1,060 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre68 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraJasper
City population1,385,6214,738
People per km²9,5565
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.