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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Granada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Florence 14, Granada 38: Granada leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Granada 62: Florence leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Granada 80: Florence leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Granada 58: Granada leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Granada 80: Granada leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Granada 76: Florence leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Granada 52: Granada leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Granada 68: Florence leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Granada 40: Florence leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Granada 63: Granada leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence and Granada are level on 58.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Granada 48: Granada leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Granada.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Florence
59match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Granada
60match

Wins on prices 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceGranada
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m693 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceGranada
City population360,930233,975
People per km²3,5282,659
Museums within 10 km14120
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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). 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.