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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

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

Alicante or Halifax?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Halifax for

  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Alicante leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Halifax 50: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Halifax 42: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Halifax 46: Alicante leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Halifax 62: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Halifax 63: Alicante leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Halifax 55: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Halifax 48: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Halifax 35: Alicante leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Halifax 38: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Halifax 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 Halifax.

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 prices with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

Wins on 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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteHalifax

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteHalifax
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m28 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteHalifax
City population366,221440,072
People per km²1,81980
Museums within 10 km815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.