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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Granada or Johannesburg?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Granada leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Johannesburg 58: Granada leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Johannesburg 56: Granada leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Johannesburg 55: Granada leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Johannesburg 52: Granada leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Johannesburg 42: Granada leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Johannesburg 18: Granada leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Johannesburg 55: Granada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Johannesburg 28: Granada leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Johannesburg.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on shopping and prices 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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaJohannesburg
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation693 m1,753 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaJohannesburg
City population233,9754,803,262
People per km²2,6592,922
Museums within 10 km2014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.