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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Madrid or Miami?

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 Madrid for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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. Madrid 5, Miami 90: Miami leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Miami 72: Madrid leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Miami 57: Madrid leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Miami 82: Madrid leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Miami 64: Miami leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Miami 42: Madrid leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Miami 64: Madrid leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Miami 35: Madrid leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Miami 71: Madrid leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Miami 27: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Miami 55: Madrid leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Miami 44: Miami leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Miami.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridMiami
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation663 m2 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridMiami
City population3,506,730442,241
People per km²5,8013,046
Museums within 10 km8817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.