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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
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or London?

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 London for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, London 84: London leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, London 94: London leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, London 88: London leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, London 57: London leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, London 90: London leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, London 82: London leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, London 85: London leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, London 95: London leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, London 15: Guadalajara leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, London 98: London leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, London 40: London leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and London.

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.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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
13 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraLondon

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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraLondon
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation1,536 m4 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraLondon
City population1,385,6218,799,728
People per km²9,5565,598
Museums within 10 km17216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.