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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Granada or Los Angeles?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Los Angeles 66: Granada leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada and Los Angeles are level on 80.
Day trips. Granada 76, Los Angeles 60: Granada leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Los Angeles 25: Granada leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Los Angeles 24: Granada leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on shopping and families 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaLos Angeles
City population233,9753,898,747
People per km²2,6592,994
Museums within 10 km2039
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.