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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License.

Alicante or Berlin?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Berlin for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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, Berlin 38: Alicante leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Berlin 66: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Berlin 86: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Berlin 98: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Berlin 50: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Berlin 66: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Berlin 76: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Berlin 82: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Berlin 68: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Berlin 48: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Berlin 90: Berlin leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Berlin 55: Berlin leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Berlin.

Your match

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

Alicante
59match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteBerlin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBerlin
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m34 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBerlin
City population366,2213,700,577
People per km²1,8194,153
Museums within 10 km8157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.