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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 skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

San Miguel de Allende or The Hague?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

  • families
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. San Miguel de Allende 62, The Hague 48: San Miguel de Allende leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. San Miguel de Allende 62, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. San Miguel de Allende and The Hague are level on 38.
Nature & outdoors. San Miguel de Allende 40, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Day trips. San Miguel de Allende 77, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 9 points.
Good for families. San Miguel de Allende 32, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 40 points.
Getting around. San Miguel de Allende 48, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. San Miguel de Allende and The Hague are level on 55.
Affordability. San Miguel de Allende 50, The Hague 35: San Miguel de Allende leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Miguel de Allende 40, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Miguel de Allende 66, The Hague 45: San Miguel de Allende leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Miguel de Allende and The Hague.

Your match

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

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °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

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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeThe Hague
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaDutch
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,900 m1 m
Main airportGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeThe Hague
City population69,811548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.