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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Granada or Osaka?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Osaka for

  • shopping
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Granada leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Osaka 63: Granada leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Osaka 58: Granada leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Osaka 60: Granada leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Osaka.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on shopping 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaOsaka
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation693 m20 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaOsaka
City population233,9752,751,862
People per km²2,65912,340
Museums within 10 km2044
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.