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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Buenos Aires?

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
  • families

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

Choose Buenos Aires for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Buenos Aires’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, Buenos Aires 7: Alicante leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Buenos Aires 71: Buenos Aires leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Buenos Aires 95: Buenos Aires leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Buenos Aires 38: Alicante leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Buenos Aires 60: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Buenos Aires 52: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Buenos Aires 62: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Buenos Aires 60: Buenos Aires leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Buenos Aires 55: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Buenos Aires 28: Alicante leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Buenos Aires.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Alicante
59match

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

Buenos Aires
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteBuenos Aires

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBuenos Aires
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation3 m25 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBuenos Aires
City population366,2213,121,707
People per km²1,81915,355
Museums within 10 km876
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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.