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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Alicante or Skopje?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Alicante leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Skopje 52: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Skopje 56: Skopje leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Skopje 42: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Skopje 56: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Skopje 35: Alicante leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Skopje 45: Alicante leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Skopje 40: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Skopje 38: Skopje leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Skopje 27: Alicante leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Skopje.

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 families with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 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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Where the figures come from

Skopje has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteSkopje
Official languageSpanishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Denar (MKD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m251 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteSkopje
City population366,221422,540
People per km²1,819739
Museums within 10 km817
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.