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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Florence?

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
  • families

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

Choose Florence for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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, Florence 14: Cadiz leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Florence 74: Florence leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Florence 94: Florence leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Florence 42: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Florence 58: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Florence 98: Florence leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Florence 45: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Florence 78: Florence leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Florence 72: Florence leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Florence 35: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Florence 58: Florence leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Florence are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Florence.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Florence
59match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Florence has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizFlorence
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m50 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizFlorence
City population109,950360,930
People per km²9,0873,528
Museums within 10 km11141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.