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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante or Geneva?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Geneva for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Alicante leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Geneva 55: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Geneva 38: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Geneva 57: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Geneva 5: Alicante leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Geneva.

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 prices and beaches with your weighting.

Geneva
57match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteGeneva
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m403 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteGeneva
City population366,221211,152
People per km²1,81913,280
Museums within 10 km834
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.