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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Malaga or New Orleans?

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 Malaga for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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. Malaga 77, New Orleans 14: Malaga leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, New Orleans 42: Malaga leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, New Orleans 52: Malaga leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, New Orleans 55: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, New Orleans 55: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, New Orleans 54: Malaga leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, New Orleans 40: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, New Orleans 25: Malaga leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MalagaNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaNew Orleans
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation18 m-2 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaNew Orleans
City population599,063383,997
People per km²1,517423
Museums within 10 km3216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months7 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.