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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
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Puerto Princesa?

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

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Puerto Princesa 38: Guadalajara leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Puerto Princesa 22: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Puerto Princesa 26: Guadalajara leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Puerto Princesa 12: Guadalajara leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Puerto Princesa 45: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Puerto Princesa 30: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Puerto Princesa 20: Guadalajara leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara and Puerto Princesa are level on 78.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Puerto Princesa 10: Guadalajara leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Puerto Princesa 40: Puerto Princesa leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Puerto Princesa.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraPuerto Princesa

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.

Puerto Princesa 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. Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraPuerto Princesa
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m98 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre68 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraPuerto Princesa
City population1,385,621316,384
People per km²9,556133
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.