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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante or Salt Lake City?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Alicante leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Salt Lake City 40: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Salt Lake City 42: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Salt Lake City 30: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Salt Lake City 34: Alicante leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Salt Lake City 42: Alicante leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Salt Lake City 36: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Salt Lake City 40: Alicante leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Salt Lake City 38: Alicante leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Salt Lake City.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteSalt Lake City
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m1,288 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteSalt Lake City
City population366,221199,723
People per km²1,819690
Museums within 10 km812
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.