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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • families
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Granada for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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. Atlanta 10, Granada 38: Granada leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Granada 62: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Granada 80: Granada leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Granada 58: Atlanta leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Granada 80: Granada leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Granada 76: Granada leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Granada 52: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Granada 68: Granada leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Granada 40: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Granada 63: Granada leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Granada 58: Atlanta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Granada 48: Granada leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Granada.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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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Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaGranada
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m693 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 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

MeasureAtlantaGranada
City population498,715233,975
People per km²1,4332,659
Museums within 10 km2720
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.