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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Granada or Valparaiso?

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

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valparaiso for

Valparaiso does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Granada leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Valparaiso 50: Granada leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Valparaiso 62: Granada leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Valparaiso 56: Granada leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Valparaiso 60: Granada leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Valparaiso 63: Granada leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Valparaiso 33: Granada leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Valparaiso 44: Granada leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Valparaiso 30: Granada leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Valparaiso 60: Granada leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Valparaiso 38: Granada leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Valparaiso 18: Granada leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaValparaiso
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation693 m21 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaValparaiso
City population233,975296,655
People per km²2,6596,180
Museums within 10 km2017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.