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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
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Toledo?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toledo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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 and Toledo are level on 5.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Toledo 40: Guadalajara leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Toledo 22: Guadalajara leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Toledo 40: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Toledo 45: Guadalajara leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Toledo 64: Toledo leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Toledo 32: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Toledo 58: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Toledo 22: Guadalajara leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Toledo 30: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Toledo.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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
13 hdaylight a day

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
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. Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraToledo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraToledo
City population1,385,62187,216
People per km²9,556376
Museums within 10 km1713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22

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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.