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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
CardiffCardiff Castle

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Cardiff?

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

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Cardiff for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Cardiff’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, Cardiff 30: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Cardiff 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Cardiff 58: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Cardiff 70: Cardiff leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Cardiff 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Cardiff 58: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Cardiff 66: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Cardiff 46: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Cardiff 57: Cardiff leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Cardiff 27: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Cardiff.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Cardiff
52match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Cardiff in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cardiff 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.

Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizCardiff
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation11 m41 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizCardiff
City population109,950383,536
People per km²9,0872,734
Museums within 10 km119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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.