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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 cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Siena?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Siena leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Siena 62: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Siena 78: Siena leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Siena 27: Guadalajara leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Siena 65: Siena leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Siena 94: Siena leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Siena 38: Guadalajara leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Siena 60: Siena leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Siena 35: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Siena 42: Guadalajara leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Siena 36: Guadalajara leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Siena 55: Siena leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Siena.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on day trips 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

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. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraSiena
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaItalian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m322 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraSiena
City population1,385,62152,812
People per km²9,556446
Museums within 10 km1730
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25

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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.