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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 Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Guadalajara or Yogyakarta?

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
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Guadalajara 75, Yogyakarta 62: Guadalajara leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Guadalajara 62, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Guadalajara 68, Yogyakarta 32: Guadalajara leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Guadalajara 55, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Guadalajara 66, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Guadalajara 55, Yogyakarta 40: Guadalajara leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Guadalajara 40, Yogyakarta 35: Guadalajara leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Guadalajara 60, Yogyakarta 52: Guadalajara leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Guadalajara 78, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Guadalajara 60, Yogyakarta 58: Guadalajara leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Guadalajara 35, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Guadalajara and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Guadalajara
55match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GuadalajaraYogyakarta

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.

Yogyakarta 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. Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGuadalajaraYogyakarta
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaIndonesian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,536 m113 m
Main airportGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGuadalajaraYogyakarta
City population1,385,621422,732
People per km²9,55613,007
Museums within 10 km1738
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.