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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 Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Macau for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Macau leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Macau 77: Macau leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara and Macau are level on 62.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Macau 40: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Macau 5: Guadalajara leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Macau 52: Guadalajara leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Macau 48: Guadalajara leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Macau 60: Macau leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Macau 58: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Macau 44: Guadalajara leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Macau 36: Guadalajara leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Macau 40: Macau leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Macau.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraMacau
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation1,536 m22 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraMacau
City population1,385,621682,100
People per km²9,5565,916
Museums within 10 km1728
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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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.