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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

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

Alicante or Brisbane?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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, Brisbane 55: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Brisbane 60: Alicante leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Brisbane 42: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Brisbane 55: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Brisbane 74: Brisbane leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Brisbane 50: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Brisbane 62: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Brisbane 45: Brisbane leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Brisbane 33: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante and Brisbane are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Brisbane.

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.

Brisbane
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteBrisbane

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBrisbane
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBrisbane
City population366,2212,706,966
People per km²1,819171
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months9 months

Where else could you go?

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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.