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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Granada or San Francisco?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Granada leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, San Francisco 68: Granada leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Granada and San Francisco are level on 58.
Nature & outdoors. Granada and San Francisco are level on 80.
Day trips. Granada 76, San Francisco 72: Granada leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, San Francisco 14: Granada leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, San Francisco 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 San Francisco.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Granada
60match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

San Francisco
59match

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
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaSan Francisco
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 m16 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaSan Francisco
City population233,975873,965
People per km²2,6591,455
Museums within 10 km2051
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.