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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Bordeaux 50, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Cadiz 68: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Cadiz 62: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Cadiz 45: Bordeaux leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Cadiz 66: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Cadiz 60: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Cadiz 70: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Cadiz 35: Bordeaux leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Cadiz 58: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Cadiz 52: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Cadiz 42: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxCadiz
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m11 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxCadiz
City population267,991109,950
People per km²5,4259,087
Museums within 10 km1811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.