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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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. Athens 70, Seville 18: Athens leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Seville 73: Athens leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Seville 82: Athens leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Seville 62: Athens leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Seville 52: Athens leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Seville 80: Athens leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Seville 55: Athens leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Seville 72: Seville leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Athens and Seville are level on 55.
Affordability. Athens 56, Seville 58: Seville leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Seville 68: Seville leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Seville 40: Athens leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Seville.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

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. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensSeville
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 m18 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensSeville
City population643,452689,423
People per km²16,4994,896
Museums within 10 km8824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.