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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Granada or Hobart?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Granada leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Hobart 60: Granada leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Hobart 56: Granada leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Hobart 30: Granada leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Hobart 60: Granada leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Hobart 45: Granada leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Hobart 38: Granada leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Hobart 35: Granada leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Hobart 45: Granada leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Hobart 40: Granada leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Hobart.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaHobart
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation693 m54 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaHobart
City population233,975197,451
People per km²2,659116
Museums within 10 km208
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.