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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Como?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Como for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Como’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, Como 36: Alicante leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Como 45: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Como 52: Como leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Como 22: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Como 82: Como leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Como 87: Como leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Como 47: Alicante leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Alicante and Como are level on 66.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Como 42: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Como 30: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Como 34: Alicante leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Como 44: Como leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Como.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Como
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 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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AlicanteComo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteComo
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m201 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteComo
City population366,22183,184
People per km²1,8192,242
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km28
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.