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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 Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Manaus 56: Guadalajara leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Manaus 46: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Manaus 42: Guadalajara leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Manaus 12: Guadalajara leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Manaus 35: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Manaus 27: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Manaus 36: Guadalajara leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Manaus 63: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Manaus 54: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Manaus 20: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Manaus.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraManaus

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. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraManaus
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPortuguese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1,536 m92 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraManaus
City population1,385,6212,303,732
People per km²9,556202
Museums within 10 km1713
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.