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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
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or New York?

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

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

Choose New York for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: New York leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, New York 92: New York leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, New York 89: New York leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, New York 97: New York leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara and New York are level on 55.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, New York 68: New York leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, New York 70: New York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, New York 82: New York leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, New York 97: New York leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, New York 12: Guadalajara leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, New York 99: New York leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, New York 42: New York leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and New York.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraNew York

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 York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraNew York
City population1,385,6218,804,190
People per km²9,5567,256
Museums within 10 km17157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.