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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Granada or Oaxaca?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Granada leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Oaxaca 74: Granada leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Oaxaca 40: Granada leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Oaxaca 62: Granada leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Oaxaca 65: Granada leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Oaxaca 40: Granada leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Oaxaca 55: Granada leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Oaxaca 38: Granada leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on food and drink 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
14 hdaylight a day

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaOaxaca
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 m1,555 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaOaxaca
City population233,975258,913
People per km²2,6593,028
Museums within 10 km2010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.