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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Seville?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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. Adelaide 68, Seville 18: Adelaide leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Seville 73: Seville leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Seville 82: Seville leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Seville 62: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Seville 52: Adelaide leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Seville 80: Seville leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Seville 55: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Seville 72: Seville leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Seville 55: Seville leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Seville 58: Seville leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Seville 68: Seville leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Seville 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Seville.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideSeville
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m18 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideSeville
City population1,387,290689,423
People per km²1,0714,896
Museums within 10 km1324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.