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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Alicante or Bath?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Bath for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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, Bath 10: Alicante leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Bath 44: Alicante leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Bath 68: Bath leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Bath 30: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Bath 58: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Bath 80: Bath leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Bath 50: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Bath 72: Bath leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Bath 54: Bath leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Bath 27: Alicante leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Bath 44: Bath leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Bath 78: Bath leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Bath.

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 prices with your weighting.

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness 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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBath
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation3 m132 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBath
City population366,22194,092
People per km²1,8193,245
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.