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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Tirana?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Alicante leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Tirana 57: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Tirana 42: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Tirana 58: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Tirana 62: Alicante leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Tirana 64: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Tirana 40: Alicante leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Tirana 54: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Tirana 32: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Tirana 32: Alicante leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Tirana 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 Tirana.

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.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteTirana
Official languageSpanishAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m110 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteTirana
City population366,221389,323
People per km²1,8199,314
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 months

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.