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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 purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Miami Beach?

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
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 87 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Miami Beach 62: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Miami Beach 52: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Miami Beach 52: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Miami Beach 55: Guadalajara leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Miami Beach 58: Miami Beach leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Miami Beach 55: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Miami Beach 20: Guadalajara leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Miami Beach 55: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Miami Beach
57match

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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraMiami Beach

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. Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraMiami Beach
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m1 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre68 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraMiami Beach
City population1,385,62182,890
People per km²9,5562,109
Museums within 10 km1714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.