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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

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

Granada or Hamburg?

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 Granada for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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. Granada 38, Hamburg 28: Granada leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Hamburg 55: Granada leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Hamburg 62: Granada leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Hamburg 52: Granada leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Hamburg 70: Granada leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Hamburg 38: Granada leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Hamburg 44: Granada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Granada
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Hamburg
60match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Granada in July

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaHamburg
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation693 m6 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaHamburg
City population233,9751,869,473
People per km²2,6592,476
Museums within 10 km2077
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.