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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Antibes or Cadiz?

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 Antibes for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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. Antibes and Cadiz are level on 80.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Cadiz 62: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Cadiz 45: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Cadiz 66: Antibes leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Cadiz 80: Antibes leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Cadiz 60: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes and Cadiz are level on 35.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Cadiz 58: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Cadiz 52: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Cadiz 42: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Antibes
52match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °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. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesCadiz
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesCadiz
City population77,637109,950
People per km²2,9309,087
Museums within 10 km1411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.