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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Granada or Scottsdale?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Granada leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Scottsdale 46: Granada leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Scottsdale 38: Granada leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Scottsdale 52: Granada leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Scottsdale 68: Granada leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Scottsdale 50: Granada leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Scottsdale 20: Granada leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Scottsdale 32: Granada leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Scottsdale 40: Granada leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness 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
14 hdaylight a day

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaScottsdale
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m380 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaScottsdale
City population233,975241,361
People per km²2,659-
Museums within 10 km2010
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.