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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 Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Paris?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Paris leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Paris 96: Paris leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Paris 97: Paris leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Paris 80: Paris leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Paris 52: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Paris 92: Paris leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Paris 79: Paris leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Paris 88: Paris leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Paris 98: Paris leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Paris 25: Guadalajara leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Paris 88: Paris leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Paris 40: Paris leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Paris.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraParis
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m27 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraParis
City population1,385,6212,103,778
People per km²9,55619,960
Museums within 10 km17251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.