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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Helsinki?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Helsinki for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Helsinki’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, Helsinki 28: Alicante leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Helsinki 52: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Helsinki 60: Helsinki leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Helsinki 50: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Helsinki 58: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Helsinki 62: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Helsinki 76: Helsinki leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Helsinki 86: Helsinki leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Helsinki 62: Helsinki leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Helsinki 30: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Helsinki 63: Helsinki leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Helsinki 82: Helsinki leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Helsinki.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Alicante
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Helsinki
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Wins on wellness 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

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteHelsinki
Official languageSpanishFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m17 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteHelsinki
City population366,221694,392
People per km²1,8193,239
Museums within 10 km874
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.