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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
A canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains, Lake Louise
Lake LouiseA canoe on the turquoise lake below the mountains

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Lake Louise by Andrew Patrick Photo, Pexels License.

Alicante or Lake Louise?

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 Lake Louise for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Lake Louise’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, Lake Louise 5: Alicante leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Lake Louise 20: Alicante leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Lake Louise 7: Alicante leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Lake Louise 4: Alicante leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Lake Louise 97: Lake Louise leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Lake Louise 33: Alicante leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Lake Louise 40: Alicante leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Lake Louise 28: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Lake Louise 6: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Lake Louise 9: Alicante leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Lake Louise 3: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Lake Louise 42: Lake Louise leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Lake Louise.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Lake Louise
25match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Lake Louise in July

20 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Lake Louise 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Lake Louise: 1991-2020 normals, Yoho Park (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteLake Louise
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m1,600 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)155 km from centre102 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteLake Louise
City population366,221-
People per km²1,819-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.