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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 yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Lisbon?

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

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara and Lisbon are level on 75.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara and Lisbon are level on 60.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Lisbon 55: Guadalajara leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara and Lisbon are level on 60.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraLisbon
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPortuguese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m100 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraLisbon
City population1,385,621545,796
People per km²9,5565,453
Museums within 10 km1780
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.