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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 skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Guadalajara or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, The Hague 48: Guadalajara leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, The Hague 38: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, The Hague 52: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, The Hague 55: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, The Hague 35: Guadalajara leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, The Hague 58: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
56match

Wins on getting around 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraThe Hague
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaDutch
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 m1 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraThe Hague
City population1,385,621548,320
People per km²9,5565,589
Museums within 10 km1754
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.