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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada or Medellin?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Granada leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Medellin 58: Granada leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Medellin 42: Granada leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Medellin 66: Granada leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Medellin 58: Granada leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Medellin 50: Granada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Medellin 55: Granada leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Medellin 42: Granada leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Medellin 30: Granada leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Medellin.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife 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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Medellin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaMedellin
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation693 m1,405 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaMedellin
City population233,9752,529,403
People per km²2,6596,644
Museums within 10 km2014
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.