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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada or Toronto?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Granada leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Toronto 50: Granada leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Toronto 52: Granada leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Toronto 50: Granada leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Toronto 65: Granada leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Toronto 34: Granada leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Toronto 33: Granada leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Toronto.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation693 m76 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaToronto
City population233,9752,794,356
People per km²2,6594,434
Museums within 10 km2032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.