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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
La Paz

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Granada or La Paz?

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

  • families
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Granada leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, La Paz 50: Granada leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, La Paz 52: Granada leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, La Paz 38: Granada leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, La Paz 40: Granada leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, La Paz 10: Granada leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, La Paz 45: Granada leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, La Paz 35: Granada leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, La Paz 12: Granada leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and La Paz.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureGranadaLa Paz
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m3,640 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaLa Paz
City population233,975755,732
People per km²2,6591,601
Museums within 10 km2021
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.