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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

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

Cadiz or Denver?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Denver 54: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Denver 44: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Denver 47: Denver leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Denver 84: Denver leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Denver 57: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Denver 67: Denver leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Denver 40: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Denver 44: Denver leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Denver 36: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Denver 66: Denver leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Denver 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 Denver.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Denver
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizDenver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizDenver
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m1,609 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizDenver
City population109,950715,522
People per km²9,0871,783
Museums within 10 km1126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.