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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Gold Coast?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Gold Coast 47: Cadiz leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Gold Coast 15: Cadiz leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Gold Coast 52: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Gold Coast 45: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Gold Coast 40: Gold Coast leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Gold Coast 35: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Gold Coast 30: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Gold Coast are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Gold Coast.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Gold Coast
52match

Wins on families 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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizGold Coast
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation11 m12 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizGold Coast
City population109,950607,665
People per km²9,087433
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

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. 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.