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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
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

San Miguel de Allende or Ubud?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Ubud for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. San Miguel de Allende 62, Ubud 60: San Miguel de Allende leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. San Miguel de Allende 62, Ubud 58: San Miguel de Allende leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. San Miguel de Allende 38, Ubud 15: San Miguel de Allende leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Miguel de Allende 40, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 40 points.
Day trips. San Miguel de Allende 77, Ubud 72: San Miguel de Allende leads by 5 points.
Good for families. San Miguel de Allende 32, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Getting around. San Miguel de Allende 48, Ubud 10: San Miguel de Allende leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. San Miguel de Allende 55, Ubud 52: San Miguel de Allende leads by 3 points.
Affordability. San Miguel de Allende 50, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Miguel de Allende 40, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Miguel de Allende 66, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Miguel de Allende and Ubud.

Your match

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

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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San Miguel de AllendeUbud

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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeUbud
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaIndonesian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,900 m210 m
Main airportGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSan Miguel de AllendeUbud
City population69,811-
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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.