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A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

San Miguel de Allende or Sedona?

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 San Miguel de Allende for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’s own page.

Choose Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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. San Miguel de Allende 4, Sedona 16: Sedona leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. San Miguel de Allende 62, Sedona 33: San Miguel de Allende leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. San Miguel de Allende 62, Sedona 20: San Miguel de Allende leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. San Miguel de Allende 38, Sedona 8: San Miguel de Allende leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Miguel de Allende 40, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 53 points.
Day trips. San Miguel de Allende 77, Sedona 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 22 points.
Good for families. San Miguel de Allende 32, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 10 points.
Getting around. San Miguel de Allende 48, Sedona 22: San Miguel de Allende leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. San Miguel de Allende 55, Sedona 34: San Miguel de Allende leads by 21 points.
Affordability. San Miguel de Allende 50, Sedona 18: San Miguel de Allende leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Miguel de Allende 40, Sedona 13: San Miguel de Allende leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Miguel de Allende 66, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Miguel de Allende and Sedona.

Your match

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

San Miguel de Allende
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeSedona
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya-
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7
Emergency number911911
Elevation1,900 m1,319 m
Main airportGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeSedona
City population69,8119,684
People per km²-195
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. 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.