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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Durban

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Cadiz or Durban?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Durban for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Durban’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 and Durban are level on 80.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Durban 60: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Durban 38: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Durban 40: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Durban 68: Durban leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Durban 38: Cadiz leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Cadiz and Durban are level on 60.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Durban 20: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Durban 42: Durban leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Durban 72: Durban leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Durban 40: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Durban 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 Durban.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Durban
49match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizDurban

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizDurban
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m22 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizDurban
City population109,950595,061
People per km²9,0872,634
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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.