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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Goreme?

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
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Goreme for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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, Goreme 3: Cadiz leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Goreme 20: Cadiz leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Goreme 45: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Goreme 5: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Goreme 74: Goreme leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Goreme 70: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Goreme 40: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Goreme 40: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Goreme 22: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Cadiz and Goreme are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Goreme 10: Cadiz leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Goreme are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Goreme.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on 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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizGoreme
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m1,100 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizGoreme
City population109,9502,000
People per km²9,08720
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.