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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
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Montreal?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montreal for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Montreal 60: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Montreal 55: Guadalajara leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara and Montreal are level on 60.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Montreal 45: Guadalajara leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Montreal.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraMontreal

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. Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraMontreal
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m31 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraMontreal
City population1,385,6211,895,211
People per km²9,5563,806
Museums within 10 km1737
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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.