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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
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Orlando?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Orlando 48: Guadalajara leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Orlando 22: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Orlando 40: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Orlando 46: Guadalajara leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Orlando 58: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Orlando 8: Guadalajara leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Orlando 58: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Orlando 36: Guadalajara leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Orlando 40: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Orlando 32: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Orlando.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and beaches 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
13 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraOrlando

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. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraOrlando
City population1,385,621334,854
People per km²9,5561,086
Museums within 10 km1711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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.