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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Seville for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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. Beijing 6, Seville 18: Seville leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Seville 73: Beijing leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Seville 82: Beijing leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Seville 62: Seville leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Seville 52: Beijing leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Seville 80: Beijing leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Seville 55: Beijing leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Seville 72: Seville leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Seville 55: Beijing leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Seville 58: Beijing leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing and Seville are level on 68.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Seville 40: Beijing leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Seville.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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
15 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BeijingSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingSeville
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 m18 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingSeville
City population21,893,095689,423
People per km²1,3344,896
Museums within 10 km8324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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. 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.