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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Charleston?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Charleston for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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, Charleston 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Charleston 64: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Charleston 44: Cadiz leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Charleston 55: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Charleston 62: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cadiz and Charleston are level on 60.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Charleston 46: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Charleston 27: Cadiz leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Charleston 42: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Charleston 40: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Charleston.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Charleston
53match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizCharleston

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizCharleston
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizCharleston
City population109,950150,227
People per km²9,087532
Museums within 10 km1119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months6 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.