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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada or Las Vegas?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Granada leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Las Vegas 25: Granada leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Las Vegas 68: Granada leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Las Vegas 25: Granada leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Las Vegas 25: Granada leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Las Vegas 38: Granada leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Las Vegas 35: Granada leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaLas Vegas
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m610 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaLas Vegas
City population233,975641,903
People per km²2,6591,843
Museums within 10 km2021
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.