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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Granada or Perth?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Perth 58: Granada leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Perth 42: Granada leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Perth 42: Granada leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Perth 72: Granada leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Perth 48: Granada leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Perth 74: Perth leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Perth 55: Granada leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Perth 44: Perth leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Perth 28: Granada leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Perth 50: Granada leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Perth 38: Granada leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Perth.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Perth
53match

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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaPerth
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation693 m2 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaPerth
City population233,9752,141,834
People per km²2,659334
Museums within 10 km2015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.