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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 steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Guadalajara or New Orleans?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: New Orleans leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, New Orleans 42: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, New Orleans 52: Guadalajara leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara and New Orleans are level on 55.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, New Orleans 54: Guadalajara leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, New Orleans 40: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, New Orleans 25: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraNew Orleans

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. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraNew Orleans
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m-2 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraNew Orleans
City population1,385,621383,997
People per km²9,556423
Museums within 10 km1716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.