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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Granada or Vienna?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Granada leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Vienna 50: Granada leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Vienna 62: Granada leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Vienna 74: Granada leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Granada 63, Vienna 44: Granada leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Vienna.

Your match

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

Granada
60match

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

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
14 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaVienna
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation693 m151 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaVienna
City population233,9752,028,289
People per km²2,6594,890
Museums within 10 km20152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.