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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
Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Key West?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Key West for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Key West’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, Key West 60: Key West leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Key West 45: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Key West 40: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Key West 62: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Key West 62: Key West leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Key West 28: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Key West 40: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Key West 62: Key West leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Key West 30: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Key West 15: Guadalajara leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Key West 38: Guadalajara leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Key West 40: Key West leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Key West.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Key West
44match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
30 °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.

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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. Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraKey West
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m4 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraKey West
City population1,385,62126,444
People per km²9,5561,407
Museums within 10 km177
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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. 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.