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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Bucharest 8, Seville 18: Seville leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Seville 73: Seville leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Seville 82: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Seville 62: Bucharest leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Seville 52: Seville leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Seville 80: Seville leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Seville 72: Seville leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Seville 55: Seville leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Seville 58: Bucharest leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Seville 68: Seville leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Seville 40: Bucharest leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Seville.

Your match

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

Bucharest
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips 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.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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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BucharestSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestSeville
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 m18 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestSeville
City population1,716,961689,423
People per km²7,5974,896
Museums within 10 km4124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.