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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Granada or Miami?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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 90: Miami leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Miami 72: Miami leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Miami 57: Granada leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Miami 82: Miami leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Miami 64: Granada leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Miami 42: Granada leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Miami 64: Miami leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Miami 35: Granada leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Miami 71: Miami leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Miami 27: Granada leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Miami 55: Granada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Miami 44: Granada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Miami.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Granada
60match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaMiami
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 m2 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaMiami
City population233,975442,241
People per km²2,6593,046
Museums within 10 km2017
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.