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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Alicante or Los Angeles?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Los Angeles 60: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Los Angeles 25: Alicante leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Los Angeles 24: Alicante leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Alicante
59match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteLos Angeles
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m106 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteLos Angeles
City population366,2213,898,747
People per km²1,8192,994
Museums within 10 km839
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. 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.