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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Genoa?

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 Genoa for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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, Genoa 62: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Genoa 42: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Genoa 78: Genoa leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Genoa 64: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Alicante and Genoa are level on 66.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Genoa 48: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Genoa 55: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Genoa 35: Alicante leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Genoa.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Genoa
61match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors 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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Genoa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteGenoa
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 m20 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteGenoa
City population366,221558,745
People per km²1,8192,325
Museums within 10 km851
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.