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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
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Prague?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Prague leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Prague 50: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Prague 83: Prague leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Prague 65: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Prague 58: Prague leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Prague 77: Prague leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Prague 50: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Prague 83: Prague leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Prague 50: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Prague 62: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Prague 76: Prague leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Prague 40: Prague leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Prague.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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
13 hdaylight a day

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraPrague

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. Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraPrague
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCzech
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m235 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraPrague
City population1,385,6211,397,880
People per km²9,5562,817
Museums within 10 km1788
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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. 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.