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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Granada or Montpellier?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Montpellier 60: Granada leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Montpellier 56: Granada leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Montpellier 72: Granada leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Montpellier 47: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Montpellier 50: Granada leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Montpellier 42: Granada leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Montpellier.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Granada
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Montpellier
62match

Wins on beaches 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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaMontpellier
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation693 m7 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaMontpellier
City population233,975310,240
People per km²2,6595,452
Museums within 10 km2014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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.