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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Copenhagen?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Copenhagen for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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, Copenhagen 40: Alicante leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Copenhagen 76: Copenhagen leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Alicante and Copenhagen are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Copenhagen 45: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Alicante and Copenhagen are level on 72.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Copenhagen 70: Copenhagen leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Copenhagen 18: Alicante leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Copenhagen 68: Copenhagen leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Copenhagen 55: Copenhagen leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Copenhagen.

Your match

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

Alicante
59match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteCopenhagen
Official languageSpanishDanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Danish Krone (DKK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCEFK230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m14 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteCopenhagen
City population366,221667,099
People per km²1,8197,339
Museums within 10 km872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.