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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante or Nairobi?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Alicante leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Nairobi 48: Alicante leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Nairobi 35: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Nairobi 58: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Nairobi 28: Alicante leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Nairobi 55: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Nairobi 20: Alicante leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Alicante and Nairobi are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Nairobi 35: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Nairobi 25: Alicante leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Nairobi.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteNairobi
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation3 m1,661 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteNairobi
City population366,2215,545,000
People per km²1,8197,967
Museums within 10 km84
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. 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.