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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Alicante or Munich?

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 Munich for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Alicante leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Munich 62: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Munich 79: Munich leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Munich 56: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Munich 82: Munich leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Munich 86: Munich leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Munich 78: Munich leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Munich 86: Munich leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Munich 72: Munich leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Munich 32: Alicante leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Munich 84: Munich leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Munich 62: Munich leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Munich.

Your match

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

Alicante
59match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteMunich
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m519 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteMunich
City population366,2211,505,036
People per km²1,8194,844
Museums within 10 km874
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.