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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Esplanade boardwalk and its palms, Cairns
CairnsThe Esplanade boardwalk and its palms

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Cairns by Donaldytong, Public domain.

Cadiz or Cairns?

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 Cadiz for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Cairns for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairns’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. Cadiz 80, Cairns 62: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Cairns 40: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Cairns 22: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Cairns 42: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Cairns 95: Cairns leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Cairns 45: Cadiz leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Cairns 66: Cairns leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Cairns 45: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Cairns 28: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Cairns 35: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Cairns 22: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Cairns 45: Cairns leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Cairns.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Cairns
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Cairns in July

24 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
30 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cairns's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Green Island Aws.

Cairns has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Cairns: 1993-2010 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Green Island Aws (27 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizCairns
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation11 m7 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCairns International Airport (CNS)6 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizCairns
City population109,950146,778
People per km²9,087301
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.