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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Catania?

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

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Catania for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Catania’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, Catania 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Catania 77: Catania leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz and Catania are level on 62.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Catania 60: Catania leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Catania 83: Catania leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Catania 84: Catania leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Catania 50: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Catania 48: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Catania 42: Catania leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Catania 60: Catania leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Catania 55: Catania leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Catania 30: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Catania.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cadiz
60match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Catania
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

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

Before you go

MeasureCadizCatania
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m7 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizCatania
City population109,950311,584
People per km²9,0871,704
Museums within 10 km1125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 months

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. 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. 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.