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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 Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Split?

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
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Split 57: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Split 66: Split leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Split 52: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Split 77: Split leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Split 78: Split leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Split 54: Guadalajara leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Split 67: Split leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Split 32: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Split 45: Guadalajara leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Split 37: Guadalajara leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Split 40: Split leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Split.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Split
57match

Wins on beaches 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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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.

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. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraSplit
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCroatian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m0 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraSplit
City population1,385,621160,577
People per km²9,556-
Museums within 10 km1711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.