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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

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

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Brussels and Seville are level on 18.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Seville 73: Seville leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Seville 82: Seville leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Seville 62: Seville leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Seville 52: Seville leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Seville 80: Brussels leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Seville 55: Brussels leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Brussels and Seville are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Seville 55: Brussels leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Seville 58: Seville leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels and Seville are level on 68.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Seville 40: Seville leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brussels
58match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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.

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsSeville
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
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
Elevation70 m18 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsSeville
City population195,546689,423
People per km²5,9084,896
Museums within 10 km10624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km101

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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.