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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Beijing 6, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Cadiz 68: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Cadiz 62: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Cadiz 45: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Cadiz 66: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Cadiz 80: Beijing leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Cadiz 60: Beijing leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Cadiz 35: Beijing leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Cadiz 58: Beijing leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Cadiz 52: Beijing leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Cadiz 42: Beijing leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingCadiz
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m11 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingCadiz
City population21,893,095109,950
People per km²1,3349,087
Museums within 10 km8311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.