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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
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Tokyo 48: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraTokyo

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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraTokyo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaJapanese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1,536 m6 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraTokyo
City population1,385,62114,264,798
People per km²9,5566,501
Museums within 10 km17192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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.