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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Granada or Mexico City?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Granada leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Mexico City 50: Granada leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Mexico City 75: Granada leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Mexico City 50: Granada leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaMexico City
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m2,240 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaMexico City
City population233,9759,209,944
People per km²2,6596,202
Museums within 10 km20108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.