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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Alicante or Miami?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Miami 72: Miami leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Miami 57: Miami leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Miami 82: Miami leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Miami 64: Miami leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Miami 42: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Miami 64: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Miami 35: Alicante leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Miami 71: Miami leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Miami 27: Alicante leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Miami 55: Miami leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Miami 44: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Miami.

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 prices and getting around with your weighting.

Miami
59match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteMiami
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m2 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteMiami
City population366,221442,241
People per km²1,8193,046
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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. 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.