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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Cologne?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Cologne for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Cologne’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, Cologne 14: Cadiz leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Cologne 52: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Cologne 67: Cologne leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Cologne 66: Cologne leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Cologne 56: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cadiz and Cologne are level on 80.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Cologne 70: Cologne leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Cologne 74: Cologne leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Cologne 57: Cologne leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Cologne 46: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Cologne 68: Cologne leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Cologne 50: Cologne leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Cologne.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Cologne
58match

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

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizCologne

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizCologne
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m59 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizCologne
City population109,9501,025,523
People per km²9,0872,532
Museums within 10 km1140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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. 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.