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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Granada or Shanghai?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • shopping
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Granada leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Shanghai 72: Granada leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Shanghai 25: Granada leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Shanghai 55: Granada leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on shopping 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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaShanghai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaShanghai
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation693 m4 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaShanghai
City population233,97524,870,895
People per km²2,6593,922
Museums within 10 km2045
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.