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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
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Portland?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Portland 68: Guadalajara leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Portland 38: Guadalajara leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Portland 52: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Portland 84: Portland leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Portland 58: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara and Portland are level on 55.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Portland 62: Portland leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Portland 52: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Portland 38: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Portland 55: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Portland 42: Portland leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Portland.

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.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
13 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraPortland

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. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraPortland
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m152 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraPortland
City population1,385,621652,503
People per km²9,5561,736
Museums within 10 km1717
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.