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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada or Hong Kong?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Hong Kong 60: Granada leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada and Hong Kong are level on 80.
Day trips. Granada 76, Hong Kong 68: Granada leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Hong Kong 27: Granada leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Hong Kong 55: Granada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Hong Kong 42: Granada leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and getting around 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaHong Kong
Official languageSpanishStandard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation693 m7 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaHong Kong
City population233,9757,413,070
People per km²2,659-
Museums within 10 km2039
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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