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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Granada or Salt Lake City?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Granada leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Salt Lake City 40: Granada leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Salt Lake City 42: Granada leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Salt Lake City 30: Granada leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Salt Lake City 34: Granada leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Salt Lake City 42: Granada leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Salt Lake City 36: Granada leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Salt Lake City 40: Granada leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Salt Lake City 55: Granada leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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GranadaSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaSalt Lake City
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m1,288 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaSalt Lake City
City population233,975199,723
People per km²2,659690
Museums within 10 km2012
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.