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Town · Guanajuato, Mexico

San Miguel de Allende

Retiring to San Miguel de Allende, in Guanajuato, Mexico, from the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. Average temperatures run 14.4°C in the coolest quarter and 20.6°C in the warmest. Rent, electricity and groceries for a couple come to USD $505–$1,312 a month, from official sources.

Sources: CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al., 2010 · Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, 2026-10-01

Exchange rate: 1 USD = 18.80 MXN, Banco de México's reference rate · this page converts at 18.91 MXN Banco de México — tipo de cambio FIX (SF43718) y dólar canadiense (SF60632), Oct 31, 2026 · dollar figures: European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30

Compare San Miguel de Allende side by side Cost, safety, healthcare and climate against any other town we cover See San Miguel de Allende on the map Every town we cover, with San Miguel de Allende highlighted

What is San Miguel de Allende like for a retiree?

San Miguel de Allende is a highland colonial town in Guanajuato state, high enough that altitude tolerance is the first practical question rather than an afterthought. The year is mild, with a summer wet season.

What to weigh in San Miguel de Allende

The nearest airport to San Miguel de Allende is Guanajuato International (BJX), a road journey away. For San Miguel de Allende, the homicide rate, the road minutes to a hospital and a pharmacy, and the climate are measured in the cards on this page, each with its source and date.

Last updated October 2, 2026

At a glance 4 of 4 core
Rent, power & groceries USD $505–$1,312 Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources · monthly, for a couple · as of 2026-10-01 · utilities, transport and everyday spending are not included. The breakdown is below.
Climate 69° / 58°F Warmest- and coldest-quarter means · 21° / 14°C · CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.
Elevation 1,909 m / 6,260 ft Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus - nearest cell at the town coordinate · 2026-09-19
Setting Colonial highlands ExpatAlmanac classification — from the town's coordinates, its measured elevation and its geographic situation, against a closed list of settings · 2026-08-16

San Miguel de Allende in pictures

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Local data

Official, dated figures — sources shown. Not forecasts.

Cost of living

What official sources price for this town · monthly, for a couple · in US dollars at the stored exchange rate · as of 2026-10-01

USD $505–$1,312 / month

Rent, electricity and groceries · official sources, as of 2026-10-01 — not the whole cost of living.

Rent
USD $397–$1,203

MXN $7,500–$22,750 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Rent, Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown · icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · 2026-10-01

Electricity
USD $38

MXN $721 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Electricity (250 kWh/month, town figure) · CFE — tarifa doméstica 1 (CFE's tariff rule on SMN station 11093, summers 2021–2025; not confirmed on a CFE bill), recibo de 250 kWh/mes (IVA incluido) · 2026-10-07

Groceries
USD $71

MXN $1,336 · converted at the rate of 2026-10-30 (European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates)

Groceries (9-item basket, monthly, couple) · PROFECO — Quién es Quién en los Precios (precio de venta al público, mediana nacional) · 2026-10-07

Public healthcare cost: shown under Residency and healthcare on the Mexico page, with its age bands — beside the total, not in it, because only some countries publish a public-healthcare fee.

Rent — which figure, how it is measured, and the others we hold

Rent

Asking rent USD $952 ($397–$1,203) per month · 2-bed apartment
MXN $18,000 ($7,500–$22,750) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=31 two-bedroom apartments inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (27 stated furnished, 5 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Which figure, and the others we hold Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed apartment Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown
Asking rent — what landlords are listing for 2-bed house USD $787 ($529–$1,481) per month · 2-bed house MXN $14,880 ($10,000–$28,000) per month · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30 Asking rent (listings) · 10th–75th percentile, median shown Listings harvested 2026-10-01 · N=10 two-bedroom houses inside the town's footprint on icasas.mx passed the method (9 stated furnished, 3 stated a short let, 0 offered for sale were dropped) · fewer than 30 listings, so the band is widened by a resampling estimate of its own noise icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac · figure for 2026
Rent paid No figure held for this town
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "San Miguel de Allende — rent", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende, figures as of 2026; original data: icasas.mx rental listings, harvested by ExpatAlmanac.

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Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area.

How rent is measured

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom apartment on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom apartment from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Asking rent for an unfurnished two-bedroom house on a long-term lease, from listings inside the town's area. Asking rents for a two-bedroom house from property listing sites, measured the same way in every country: unfurnished only; leases of 12 months or more, with holiday, seasonal and month-to-month lets left out; rent without utilities, as listed; and only listings inside the town's own area — the same area every other local figure uses — so a listing with no address or map point is left out. The figure is the 10th–75th percentile range of the listings kept, with their median beside it, from at least 30 listings; with 10 to 29 the range is widened by an estimate of its own sampling noise and the count is shown; with fewer than 10 the town carries no figure. Where a site has no furnished or lease-length field, a listing is dropped only when its own text says it is furnished, a short let or for sale. Each figure names its site, its listing count and its local currency, converted when the page is shown. Refreshed every 6 months, and marked out of date after that. Three caveats: asking rents run above agreed rents, the area is the town's area rather than its center, and the sample is one site.

Utilities other than electricity, transport, everyday spending and eating out are not included: no official source prices them for each town.

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Figures for two adults; verify current prices locally. Not a forecast.

Homicide

Deaths by assault, from death certificates · the same definition in every country

30.0 per 100,000 a year San Miguel de Allende municipality figure
How we know this 95% interval 26.5–33.8 · 2020–2024. 7% of the 298 homicides that occurred here have no recorded residence, so they are not in this count. Higher than 70% of the 1,138 Mexican municipalities with 10 or more in 2020–2024, ranked by where the deaths occurred. Registered deaths of residents whose underlying cause is assault (ICD-10 X85–Y09 and Y87.1), pooled 2020–2024 · INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence · population: CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024 · read 2026-09-24
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "San Miguel de Allende — homicide", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende, figures as of 2026; original data: INEGI, Estadísticas de Defunciones Registradas (EDR), microdatos 2020–2024, by municipio of residence; CONAPO, Población a mitad de año por municipio (pry23), 2020–2024.

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Getting to care

Road minutes from the town — pharmacies measured the same way in every country, hospitals against each country's own register

Nearest pharmacy
1.6 min by road

Nearest: an unnamed facility (OpenStreetMap node/4561899296), 0.76 km by road.

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM · measured Sep 23, 2026

Nearest hospital
6.5 min by road

Nearest: HOSPITAL GENERAL SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE ¨DR. FELIPE G. DOBARGANES¨ (CLUES:GTSSA000310), 4.16 km by road.

CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM · measured Sep 25, 2026 · as listed in this country's national register, so not compared across borders

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Getting to care", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende, figures as of 2026; original data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM; CLUES, Secretaría de Salud (DGIS), August 2026; public general hospitals only; routed over OpenStreetMap (ODbL) with OSRM.

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Measured over the whole municipio

The figures in this card are computed over the whole municipio, about 1,562 km², not at a single point in the center.

Elevation
1,805–2,805 m
Kind of place
Rural
People in this area (modeled)
210,969
Distance to the sea
301 km
Air quality, typical (PM2.5)
14.4 µg/m³ WHO guideline 5
Slope, typical range
0.5–15.0°
Coldest quarter, average
14.4°C (58°F)
Warmest quarter, average
20.6°C (69°F)
Driest quarter, rainfall
32 mm
Wettest quarter, rainfall
339 mm
Least humid month
46%
Most humid month
62%
Sources (9)
GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint 2020 GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint 2020 OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint 2026 SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted 2024 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus 2021 Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline 2021 CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010 CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al. 2010
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Measured over the town", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende, figures as of 2010; original data: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus; Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (~30 m), ESA / Copernicus — slope over a ~90 m baseline; GHS-POP E2020 R2023A (~100 m), European Commission JRC — modelled, summed over the town footprint; GHS-SMOD E2020 R2023A (degree of urbanisation), European Commission JRC — population-weighted over the town footprint; OpenStreetMap coastline (natural=coastline), ODbL 1.0 — geodesic distance from the town footprint; SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 (~1 km), ACAG / Washington University in St. Louis - 2024 annual mean, population-weighted; CHELSA V2.1 bio10/bio11, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 bio16/bio17, 1981-2010 (~1 km), Karger et al.; CHELSA V2.1 hurs, 1981-2010 monthly (~1 km), Karger et al.

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Mexico — residency and healthcare at a glance

  • Retirement residence route: Residencia temporal por solvencia económica, then residencia permanente (jubilado o pensionado) — temporary residence on financial means, then permanent residence as a retiree or pensioner Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Public healthcare: USD $1,090 / year · ages 60–69 · other age bands on the Mexico page MXN $20,600 / year · European Central Bank, euro foreign exchange reference rates, 2026-10-30Yearly fee per person to join Mexico's IMSS public health insurance (Seguro de Salud para la Familia), ages 60–69.
    How this is measured

    IMSS Seguro de Salud para la Familia, annual fee per person paid in advance, age band 60–69, in force from 1 March 2026. The band is part of the figure.

    IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026 · checked Sep 26, 2026
  • Prices against the world average (World = 100): Food 101.6 · overall average 74.7 national, at 2021 prices · World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "Residency and healthcare in Mexico", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende, figures as of 2021; original data: Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (SEGOB/SRE), DOF 25 Jul 2025 — copy published by the Consulate of Mexico in Houston; IMSS: Seguro de Salud para la Familia — annual fees from 1 March 2026; World Bank, International Comparison Program 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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How far is San Miguel de Allende from home?

Nearest airportthe one that serves San Miguel de Allende

Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO), at Querétaro. Chosen as the quickest drive of the 9 airports within 250 km that have scheduled flights and a runway of at least 1,800 m (computed 2026-09-21). Also served by Guanajuato International Airport (BJX).

Getting to QRO: about 1h 24m by road, 75.4 km — a real road route, not a straight line. OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM, 2026

Depends on where you fly fromdrive + estimated flight · each country's capital and largest cities
From Australia · from ~18h 24m
  • Brisbane BNE ~18h 24m est. flight ~17h est. · 12,634 km / 7,851 mi straight line
  • Sydney SYD ~18h 39m est. flight ~17h 15m est. · 12,944 km / 8,043 mi straight line
  • Melbourne MEL ~19h 24m est. flight ~18h est. · 13,551 km / 8,420 mi straight line
  • Adelaide ADL ~20h 09m est. flight ~18h 45m est. · 14,108 km / 8,766 mi straight line
  • Perth PER ~22h 54m est. flight ~21h 30m est. · 16,218 km / 10,077 mi straight line
From Austria · from ~14h 54m
  • Linz LNZ ~14h 54m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,973 km / 6,197 mi straight line
  • Graz GRZ ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,126 km / 6,292 mi straight line
  • Vienna VIE ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,130 km / 6,294 mi straight line
From Belgium · from ~13h 54m
  • Brussels BRU ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,217 km / 5,727 mi straight line
  • Charleroi CRL ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,235 km / 5,739 mi straight line
  • Liège LGG ~14h 09m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,290 km / 5,773 mi straight line
From Bulgaria · from ~16h 09m
  • Sofia SOF ~16h 09m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,915 km / 6,782 mi straight line
  • Plovdiv PDV ~16h 24m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,050 km / 6,866 mi straight line
  • Varna VAR ~16h 24m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,152 km / 6,930 mi straight line
From Canada · from ~6h 09m
  • Toronto YYZ ~6h 09m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,193 km / 1,984 mi straight line
  • Ottawa YOW ~6h 39m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,545 km / 2,203 mi straight line
  • Calgary YYC ~6h 39m est. flight ~5h 15m est. · 3,599 km / 2,237 mi straight line
  • Montreal YUL ~6h 54m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,669 km / 2,280 mi straight line
  • Vancouver YVR ~6h 54m est. flight ~5h 30m est. · 3,774 km / 2,345 mi straight line
From Croatia · from ~15h 09m
  • Rijeka RJK ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,174 km / 6,322 mi straight line
  • Zagreb ZAG ~15h 24m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,242 km / 6,364 mi straight line
  • Split SPU ~15h 24m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,390 km / 6,456 mi straight line
From Cyprus · from ~17h 39m
  • Limassol PFO ~17h 39m est. flight ~16h 15m est. · 12,089 km / 7,512 mi straight line
  • Nicosia LCA ~17h 39m est. flight ~16h 15m est. · 12,152 km / 7,551 mi straight line
From Czechia · from ~14h 54m
  • Prague PRG ~14h 54m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,869 km / 6,132 mi straight line
  • Brno BRQ ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,074 km / 6,260 mi straight line
  • Ostrava OSR ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,125 km / 6,291 mi straight line
From Denmark · from ~14h 09m
  • Aarhus AAR ~14h 09m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,315 km / 5,788 mi straight line
  • Odense ODE ~14h 09m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,342 km / 5,805 mi straight line
  • Copenhagen CPH ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,463 km / 5,880 mi straight line
From Estonia · from ~14h 39m
  • Tallinn TLL ~14h 39m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,817 km / 6,100 mi straight line
  • Tartu TAY ~14h 54m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,978 km / 6,200 mi straight line
From Finland · from ~14h 24m
  • Tampere TMP ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,624 km / 5,980 mi straight line
  • Turku TKU ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,629 km / 5,983 mi straight line
  • Helsinki HEL ~14h 39m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,758 km / 6,063 mi straight line
From France · from ~13h 54m
  • Lille LIL ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,143 km / 5,681 mi straight line
  • Paris CDG ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,174 km / 5,701 mi straight line
  • Lyon LYS ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,497 km / 5,901 mi straight line
From Germany · from ~14h 09m
  • Essen DUS ~14h 09m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,343 km / 5,806 mi straight line
  • Berlin BER ~14h 39m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,694 km / 6,023 mi straight line
  • Munich MUC ~14h 39m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,814 km / 6,098 mi straight line
From Greece · from ~16h 24m
  • Thessaloniki SKG ~16h 24m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,034 km / 6,856 mi straight line
  • Athens ATH ~16h 39m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,275 km / 7,006 mi straight line
  • Heraklion HER ~16h 54m est. flight ~15h 30m est. · 11,540 km / 7,171 mi straight line
From Hungary · from ~15h 09m
  • Gyor LHPR ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,236 km / 6,360 mi straight line
  • Budapest BUD ~15h 24m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,339 km / 6,424 mi straight line
  • Debrecen DEB ~15h 39m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,478 km / 6,510 mi straight line
From Ireland · from ~12h 39m
  • Galway SNN ~12h 39m est. flight ~11h 15m est. · 8,281 km / 5,146 mi straight line
  • Cork ORK ~12h 54m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,333 km / 5,178 mi straight line
  • Dublin DUB ~12h 54m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,433 km / 5,240 mi straight line
From Italy · from ~14h 39m
  • Milan MXP ~14h 39m est. flight ~13h 15m est. · 9,755 km / 6,062 mi straight line
  • Rome FCO ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,209 km / 6,343 mi straight line
  • Naples NAP ~15h 24m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,407 km / 6,467 mi straight line
From Latvia · from ~14h 54m
  • Riga RIX ~14h 54m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,955 km / 6,186 mi straight line
From Lithuania · from ~14h 54m
  • Klaipėda PLQ ~14h 54m est. flight ~13h 30m est. · 9,881 km / 6,140 mi straight line
  • Kaunas KUN ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,098 km / 6,275 mi straight line
  • Vilnius VNO ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,181 km / 6,326 mi straight line
From Luxembourg · from ~14h 09m
  • Luxembourg-Ville LUX ~14h 09m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,388 km / 5,833 mi straight line
From Malta · from ~15h 54m
  • Valletta MLA ~15h 54m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,713 km / 6,657 mi straight line
From Netherlands · from ~13h 54m
  • Rotterdam RTM ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,166 km / 5,695 mi straight line
  • Amsterdam AMS ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,170 km / 5,698 mi straight line
  • Eindhoven EIN ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,248 km / 5,746 mi straight line
From New Zealand · from ~16h 09m
  • Auckland AKL ~16h 09m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,949 km / 6,803 mi straight line
  • Wellington WLG ~16h 24m est. flight ~15h est. · 11,105 km / 6,900 mi straight line
  • Christchurch CHC ~16h 39m est. flight ~15h 15m est. · 11,356 km / 7,057 mi straight line
From Norway · from ~13h 39m
  • Stavanger SVG ~13h 39m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,922 km / 5,544 mi straight line
  • Trondheim TRD ~13h 39m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,955 km / 5,565 mi straight line
  • Oslo OSL ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,134 km / 5,676 mi straight line
From Poland · from ~15h 09m
  • Warsaw WAW ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,128 km / 6,293 mi straight line
  • Katowice KTW ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,132 km / 6,296 mi straight line
  • Krakow KRK ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,199 km / 6,337 mi straight line
From Portugal · from ~12h 39m
  • Funchal FNC ~12h 39m est. flight ~11h 15m est. · 8,196 km / 5,092 mi straight line
  • Porto OPO ~13h 09m est. flight ~11h 45m est. · 8,636 km / 5,366 mi straight line
  • Lisbon LIS ~13h 24m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,678 km / 5,392 mi straight line
From Romania · from ~15h 39m
  • Timișoara TSR ~15h 39m est. flight ~14h 15m est. · 10,573 km / 6,570 mi straight line
  • Cluj-Napoca CLJ ~15h 54m est. flight ~14h 30m est. · 10,649 km / 6,617 mi straight line
  • Bucharest OTP ~16h 09m est. flight ~14h 45m est. · 10,951 km / 6,804 mi straight line
From Slovakia · from ~15h 09m
  • Bratislava BTS ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,166 km / 6,317 mi straight line
  • Banská Bystrica SLD ~15h 24m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,253 km / 6,371 mi straight line
  • Košice KSC ~15h 24m est. flight ~14h est. · 10,377 km / 6,448 mi straight line
From Slovenia · from ~15h 09m
  • Ljubljana LJU ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,108 km / 6,281 mi straight line
  • Maribor MBX ~15h 09m est. flight ~13h 45m est. · 10,172 km / 6,321 mi straight line
From South Africa · from ~19h 54m
  • Cape Town CPT ~19h 54m est. flight ~18h 30m est. · 13,876 km / 8,622 mi straight line
  • Johannesburg JNB ~21h 09m est. flight ~19h 45m est. · 14,749 km / 9,165 mi straight line
  • Durban DUR ~21h 24m est. flight ~20h est. · 15,048 km / 9,350 mi straight line
From Spain · from ~13h 54m
  • Madrid MAD ~13h 54m est. flight ~12h 30m est. · 9,070 km / 5,636 mi straight line
  • Valencia VLC ~14h 09m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,355 km / 5,813 mi straight line
  • Barcelona BCN ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,478 km / 5,889 mi straight line
From Sweden · from ~14h 09m
  • Gothenburg GOT ~14h 09m est. flight ~12h 45m est. · 9,330 km / 5,797 mi straight line
  • Stockholm ARN ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,491 km / 5,897 mi straight line
  • Malmo MMX ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,506 km / 5,907 mi straight line
From Switzerland · from ~14h 24m
  • Geneva GVA ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,544 km / 5,930 mi straight line
  • Bern ZRH ~14h 24m est. flight ~13h est. · 9,649 km / 5,996 mi straight line
From United Kingdom · from ~12h 54m
  • Glasgow GLA ~12h 54m est. flight ~11h 30m est. · 8,471 km / 5,264 mi straight line
  • Manchester MAN ~13h 24m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,688 km / 5,398 mi straight line
  • Leeds LBA ~13h 24m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,708 km / 5,411 mi straight line
  • Birmingham BHX ~13h 24m est. flight ~12h est. · 8,754 km / 5,439 mi straight line
  • London LHR ~13h 39m est. flight ~12h 15m est. · 8,874 km / 5,514 mi straight line
From United States of America · from ~3h 39m
  • Houston IAH ~3h 39m est. flight ~2h 15m est. · 1,149 km / 714 mi straight line
  • Miami MIA ~4h 54m est. flight ~3h 30m est. · 2,111 km / 1,312 mi straight line
  • Denver DEN ~4h 54m est. flight ~3h 30m est. · 2,182 km / 1,356 mi straight line
  • Las Vegas LAS ~5h 09m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,253 km / 1,400 mi straight line
  • Los Angeles LAX ~5h 09m est. flight ~3h 45m est. · 2,325 km / 1,445 mi straight line
  • Chicago ORD ~5h 39m est. flight ~4h 15m est. · 2,640 km / 1,640 mi straight line
  • San Francisco SFO ~5h 54m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,853 km / 1,773 mi straight line
  • Washington, D.C. IAD ~5h 54m est. flight ~4h 30m est. · 2,978 km / 1,850 mi straight line
  • Philadelphia PHL ~6h 09m est. flight ~4h 45m est. · 3,192 km / 1,984 mi straight line
  • New York City JFK ~6h 24m est. flight ~5h est. · 3,343 km / 2,077 mi straight line

These are straight lines, not routes. Flight distances are measured airport to airport across the Earth's surface, from QRO to each destination's main airport. The drive to QRO is the exception: that one is a measured road route.

Estimated flying time is our own arithmetic, not a timetable: the straight-line distance flown at 780 km/h, plus 45 minutes for taxi, climb and descent, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. A real flight is longer than a straight line, and whether a nonstop exists at all changes by season and airline — check current schedules.

The 108 destinations above are a chosen list, not every city — the capital and the largest cities of each country we publish for, by population (up to ten for the United States, five for Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, three elsewhere). Two cities served by the same airport appear once. A city that is not on the list is not unusually far; it is simply not on the list.

Airport coordinates from OurAirports (public domain dataset), retrieved 2026-08-14.

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Source: ExpatAlmanac, "How far is San Miguel de Allende from home?", https://expatalmanac.com/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende, figures as of 2026; original data: OurAirports (public domain dataset); OurAirports (public domain) and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), routed with OSRM.

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