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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 gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Malaga?

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

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Malaga for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Malaga’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, Malaga 77: Malaga leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Malaga 68: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Malaga 65: Bordeaux leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Malaga 62: Malaga leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Malaga 73: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Malaga 87: Malaga leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Malaga 70: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Malaga 55: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Malaga 55: Malaga leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Malaga 45: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Malaga 42: Malaga leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Malaga.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
59match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Malaga
Best match
64match

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.

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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °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). Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxMalaga
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 m18 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxMalaga
City population267,991599,063
People per km²5,4251,517
Museums within 10 km1832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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.