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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • 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. Bucharest 8, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Cadiz 62: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Cadiz 45: Bucharest leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Cadiz 66: Cadiz leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Cadiz 60: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Cadiz 70: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Cadiz 35: Bucharest leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Cadiz 58: Bucharest leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Cadiz 52: Bucharest leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Cadiz 42: Bucharest leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Bucharest
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestCadiz
Official languageRomanianSpanish
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation70 m11 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestCadiz
City population1,716,961109,950
People per km²7,5979,087
Museums within 10 km4111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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). 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. 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.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.