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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

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

Cadiz or Geneva?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Geneva for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Cadiz leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Geneva 55: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Geneva 58: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Geneva 38: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cadiz and Geneva are level on 80.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Geneva 57: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Geneva 5: Cadiz leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Geneva.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Geneva
57match

Wins on shopping and nature and the outdoors 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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizGeneva
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m403 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizGeneva
City population109,950211,152
People per km²9,08713,280
Museums within 10 km1134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.