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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Granada or London?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Granada leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, London 84: London leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, London 94: London leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, London 88: London leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, London 57: Granada leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, London 90: London leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, London 82: London leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, London 85: London leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, London 95: London leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, London 15: Granada leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, London 98: London leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, London 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 London.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaLondon
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation693 m4 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaLondon
City population233,9758,799,728
People per km²2,6595,598
Museums within 10 km20216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.