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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Dublin?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Dublin for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Cadiz leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Dublin 50: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Dublin 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Dublin 57: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Dublin 66: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Dublin 20: Cadiz leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Dublin 25: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Dublin.

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 prices with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizDublin
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m20 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizDublin
City population109,950592,713
People per km²9,0875,154
Museums within 10 km1140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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.