VacationSelector
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Perth?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Perth 58: Guadalajara leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Perth 42: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Perth 42: Guadalajara leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Perth 72: Perth leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Perth 48: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Perth 55: Perth leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Perth 44: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Perth 28: Guadalajara leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Perth 50: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Perth 38: Perth leads by 3 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
GuadalajaraPerth

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. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraPerth
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation1,536 m2 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraPerth
City population1,385,6212,141,834
People per km²9,556334
Museums within 10 km1715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Guadalajara or Perth somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.