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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bath or Cordoba?

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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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. Bath 10, Cordoba 14: Cordoba leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Cordoba 62: Cordoba leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Cordoba 45: Bath leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Cordoba 40: Bath leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Cordoba 68: Bath leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Cordoba 38: Bath leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Cordoba 47: Cordoba leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Cordoba 40: Bath leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bath
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Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Cordoba
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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Where the figures come from

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathCordoba
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m120 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathCordoba
City population94,092323,262
People per km²3,245258
Museums within 10 km1716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.