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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Alicante or Tallinn?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tallinn for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Alicante leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Tallinn 52: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Tallinn 44: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Tallinn 55: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Tallinn 58: Alicante leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Tallinn 60: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Tallinn 40: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Tallinn 47: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Tallinn.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteTallinn
Official languageSpanishEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m28 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteTallinn
City population366,221457,572
People per km²1,8192,871
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.