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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada or Miami Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Granada and Miami Beach are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Miami Beach 52: Granada leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Miami Beach 52: Granada leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Miami Beach 55: Granada leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Miami Beach 58: Granada leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Miami Beach 20: Granada leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Miami Beach 55: Granada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada and Miami Beach are level on 48.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Miami Beach
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaMiami Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m1 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaMiami Beach
City population233,97582,890
People per km²2,6592,109
Museums within 10 km2014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.