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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Seville for

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

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. Bordeaux 50, Seville 18: Bordeaux leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Seville 73: Bordeaux leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Seville 82: Seville leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Seville 62: Seville leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Seville 52: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Seville 80: Seville leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Seville 55: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Seville 72: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Seville 55: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Seville 58: Seville leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Seville 68: Seville leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux and Seville are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Seville.

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 beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxSeville
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 destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxSeville
City population267,991689,423
People per km²5,4254,896
Museums within 10 km1824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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. 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.