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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 Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Windhoek for

Windhoek does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Guadalajara leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Windhoek 36: Guadalajara leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Windhoek 30: Guadalajara leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Windhoek 25: Guadalajara leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Windhoek 52: Guadalajara leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Windhoek 14: Guadalajara leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Windhoek 30: Guadalajara leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Windhoek 22: Guadalajara leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Windhoek 30: Guadalajara leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Windhoek 62: Guadalajara leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Windhoek 18: Guadalajara leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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
13 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraWindhoek

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. Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraWindhoek
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m1,650 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraWindhoek
City population1,385,621486,169
People per km²9,55695
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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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. 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.