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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Alicante or Bucharest?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Bucharest for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Bucharest’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, Bucharest 8: Alicante leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Bucharest 55: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Bucharest 58: Bucharest leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Bucharest 70: Bucharest leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Bucharest 45: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Bucharest 52: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Bucharest 52: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Bucharest 52: Alicante leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Bucharest 45: Bucharest leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Bucharest 70: Bucharest leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Bucharest 60: Bucharest leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Bucharest 47: Bucharest leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Bucharest.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Bucharest
51match

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

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteBucharest

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBucharest
Official languageSpanishRomanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m70 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBucharest
City population366,2211,716,961
People per km²1,8197,597
Museums within 10 km841
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.