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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
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

San Miguel de Allende or Tallinn?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • families
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. San Miguel de Allende 62, Tallinn 52: San Miguel de Allende leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. San Miguel de Allende 62, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. San Miguel de Allende 38, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Miguel de Allende 40, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
Day trips. San Miguel de Allende 77, Tallinn 58: San Miguel de Allende leads by 19 points.
Good for families. San Miguel de Allende 32, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Getting around. San Miguel de Allende 48, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. San Miguel de Allende 55, Tallinn 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 15 points.
Affordability. San Miguel de Allende 50, Tallinn 47: San Miguel de Allende leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Miguel de Allende 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Miguel de Allende 66, Tallinn 50: San Miguel de Allende 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 Tallinn.

Your match

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

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on families 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.

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeTallinn
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEstonian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,900 m28 m
Main airportGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeTallinn
City population69,811457,572
People per km²-2,871
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.