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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Athens 70, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Cadiz 68: Athens leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Cadiz 62: Athens leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Cadiz 45: Athens leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Cadiz 66: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Cadiz 80: Athens leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Cadiz 60: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Cadiz 35: Athens leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Cadiz 58: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Cadiz 52: Athens leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens and Cadiz are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °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. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensCadiz
Official languageGreekSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation74 m11 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensCadiz
City population643,452109,950
People per km²16,4999,087
Museums within 10 km8811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.