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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

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

Cadiz or Galway?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Galway for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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, Galway 28: Cadiz leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Galway 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Galway 33: Cadiz leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Galway 50: Galway leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Galway 78: Galway leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Galway 56: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Galway 42: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Galway 58: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Galway 38: Galway leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Galway 28: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Galway 57: Galway leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Galway 28: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Galway.

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.

Galway
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizGalway
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 m25 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizGalway
City population109,95083,456
People per km²9,0871,563
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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.