Granada vs Seville

Granada and Seville are level on the CIRA Index at 58. Granada grades better on 6 measures, Seville on 7; the same 35 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• CIRA Index: Granada 58, Seville 58
• OECD: Granada 58, Seville 58
• UN Tourism: Granada 57, Seville 58
• UNDRR: Granada 57, Seville 57

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Granada 63, Seville 65
• Economy and jobs: Granada 67, Seville 67
• Climate and hazards: Granada 50, Seville 35
• Water and environment: Granada 50, Seville 50
• Community and housing: Granada 69, Seville 56
• Access and continuity: Granada 58, Seville 70

Where Granada is stronger

• Domestic share of nights: 52.4 % of nights by residents of the same country (region figure) (Diputación Provincial de Granada / Patronato Provincial de Turismo (based on INE - Encuesta de Ocupación Hotelera), 2024). At or above 45: grade 4/4.
• Extreme heat days: 50.2 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Between 30 and 60: grade 1/4.
• Tropical nights: 58.2 nights a year with a minimum at or above 20°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). Between 30 and 60: grade 2/4.
• Flood hazard: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4.
• Tourism intensity: 6.4 visitor nights per resident per year (region figure) (Diputación Provincial de Granada & INE (Estadística Continua de Población), 2024). Between 5 and 10: grade 3/4.
• Rent growth: 4.7 % change in rents over the last 12 months (Idealista, El alquiler en España termina 2025 con una subida anual del 8,5%, 2025). Between 3 and 6: grade 3/4.

Where Seville is stronger

• Nights in the three busiest months: 28.7 % of annual nights (Smart Tourism Office Sevilla / INE (Coyuntura Turística Hotelera), 2024). At or below 30: grade 4/4.
• Average length of stay: 2.2 nights per visitor (Smart Tourism Office (Ayuntamiento de Sevilla), Informe anual 2025, 2025). Between 2.2 and 2.8: grade 2/4.
• Wastewater safely treated: 100 % of domestic wastewater safely treated (metro figure) (EMASESA (Empresa Metropolitana de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento de Aguas de Sevilla) - Saneamiento, 2025). At or above 95: grade 4/4.
• Access redundancy: 4 independent ways in: international airport, intercity rail, port, motorway (Sevilla Open for Business / Aena / Puertos del Estado, 2024). At or above 4: grade 4/4.
• Air traffic recovery: 131.2 % of the same 12 months of 2019, airport passengers (Eurostat avia_paoa, 2025-04–2026-03). At or above 110: grade 4/4.
• Largest airline group share: 38.4 % of airport passengers carried by the largest airline group (Aena, detailed traffic statistics (passengers by airline, route and country), Sep 2025 – Aug 2026). Between 30 and 40: grade 2/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: Crisis communication only, ad hoc (Ayuntamiento de Sevilla - Sevilla City Office, 2024). Grade 1/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Spain: #3 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Spain: #3 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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