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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Alta, Utah or Granada?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Granada for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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. Alta, Utah 3, Granada 38: Granada leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Granada 62: Granada leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Granada 80: Granada leads by 75 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Granada 58: Granada leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Granada 80: Alta, Utah leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Granada 76: Granada leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Granada 52: Granada leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Granada 68: Granada leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Granada 40: Granada leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Granada 63: Granada leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Granada 58: Granada leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Granada 48: Granada leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Granada.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

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.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahGranada

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahGranada
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m693 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahGranada
City population228233,975
People per km²192,659
Museums within 10 km020
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.