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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada or Portland?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Portland for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Granada leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Portland 68: Portland leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Portland 38: Granada leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Portland 52: Granada leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Portland 84: Portland leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Portland 58: Granada leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Portland 55: Portland leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Portland 62: Granada leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Portland 52: Portland leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Portland 38: Granada leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Portland 55: Granada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Portland 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 Portland.

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.

Portland
52match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaPortland
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m152 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaPortland
City population233,975652,503
People per km²2,6591,736
Museums within 10 km2017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.