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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Montreal?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Alicante leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Montreal 55: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Alicante and Montreal are level on 68.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Montreal 45: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Montreal.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Alicante
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteMontreal
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m31 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteMontreal
City population366,2211,895,211
People per km²1,8193,806
Museums within 10 km837
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.