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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 Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or Seattle?

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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Seattle 66: Guadalajara leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Seattle 50: Guadalajara leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Seattle 55: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Seattle 55: Guadalajara leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Seattle 52: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Seattle 22: Guadalajara leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraSeattle

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. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraSeattle
City population1,385,621737,015
People per km²9,5561,996
Museums within 10 km1727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.