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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 colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Luxor?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Luxor leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Luxor 30: Guadalajara leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Luxor 10: Guadalajara leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Luxor 32: Guadalajara leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Luxor 62: Guadalajara leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Luxor 30: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Luxor 35: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Luxor 25: Guadalajara leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Luxor 10: Guadalajara leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Luxor 28: Guadalajara leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Luxor.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
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.

Luxor 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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraLuxor
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaArabic
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation1,536 m89 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraLuxor
City population1,385,621202,232
People per km²9,556486
Museums within 10 km174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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