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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Granada or Sydney?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sydney for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Sydney 60: Granada leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Sydney 50: Granada leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Sydney 22: Granada leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Sydney.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaSydney
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation693 m6 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaSydney
City population233,9755,450,496
People per km²2,659449
Museums within 10 km2038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.