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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 Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance, Keystone
KeystoneThe Outback, with the Tenmile Range in the distance

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Keystone by Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Keystone?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Keystone for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Keystone’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 and Keystone are level on 5.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Keystone 27: Guadalajara leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Keystone 7: Guadalajara leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Keystone 12: Guadalajara leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Keystone 93: Keystone leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Keystone 55: Guadalajara leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Keystone 66: Keystone leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Keystone 50: Keystone leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Keystone 22: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Keystone 12: Guadalajara leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Keystone 22: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Keystone 32: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Keystone.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Keystone
34match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Keystone in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
15 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.

Keystone's temperatures are measured 51 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Keystone's station stands 232 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Keystone 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. Keystone: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (50.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraKeystone
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m2,796 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre68 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)116 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraKeystone
City population1,385,6211,369
People per km²9,55613
Museums within 10 km170
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.