Guanajuato

Population 70,068 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Mexico

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Mexico
Daylight 10 h 52 in Dec, dark by 17:06 · 13 h 24 in Jun
  1. January: 11 h of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 28 of daylight
  3. March: 12 h 01 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 38 of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 08 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 24 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 17 of daylight
  8. August: 12 h 51 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 16 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 41 of daylight
  11. November: 11 h 08 of daylight
  12. December: 10 h 52 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Semana Santa

    March – April

    Easter is considered to be the most important religious holiday here, and commences with celebrations honoring Viernes de Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows) on the final Friday of Lent.

  2. Festival Medieval de Guanajuato

    April

    An annual event since 2005, this festival celebrates music, dance, and art from the 5th to 15th centuries, with participants hailing from across Mexico. Dead link

    Official site

  3. Festival Internacional de Órgano de Guanajuato Guillermo Pinto Reyes

    May

    Named in honor of Mexican organist and composer Guillermo Reyes Pinto, this annual festival celebrates the city's many historic church organs, some of which date to the 16th and 17th centuries.

  4. Festival Internacional Cervantino

    Festival Internacional Cervantino

    June, October, November

    The Festival Internacional Cervantino (FIC), popularly known as El Cervantino, is a festival which takes place each fall in the city of Guanajuato, located in central Mexico.

    Official site Wikipedia

  5. Expresión de Corto

    July

    An annual short film festival, co-hosted by the nearby city of San Miguel de Allende.

    Official site

5 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Guanajuato); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Mercado Hidalgo

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    150 m from the centre

  • Market

    No hours mapped

    710 m from the centre

  • Mercado Embajadoras

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    1.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 43 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.