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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
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Vancouver?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Vancouver 72: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Vancouver 42: Guadalajara leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Vancouver 42: Guadalajara leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Vancouver 45: Guadalajara leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Vancouver 55: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Vancouver 27: Guadalajara leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Vancouver 52: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °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.

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. Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraVancouver
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaFrench, English
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,536 m2 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraVancouver
City population1,385,621662,248
People per km²9,5565,759
Museums within 10 km1726
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.