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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Atlanta?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Alicante’s own page.

Choose Atlanta for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’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. Alicante 82, Atlanta 10: Alicante leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Atlanta 68: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Atlanta 55: Atlanta leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Atlanta 65: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Atlanta 60: Alicante leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Atlanta 52: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Atlanta 70: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Atlanta 28: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Atlanta 50: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Atlanta 40: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Atlanta 62: Atlanta leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Atlanta 33: Alicante leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Atlanta.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Atlanta
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteAtlanta
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m225 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteAtlanta
City population366,221498,715
People per km²1,8191,433
Museums within 10 km827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.