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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

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

Cadiz or Hamburg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Cadiz leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Hamburg 55: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz and Hamburg are level on 62.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Hamburg 52: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Hamburg 70: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Hamburg 38: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Hamburg
60match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizHamburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizHamburg
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizHamburg
City population109,9501,869,473
People per km²9,0872,476
Museums within 10 km1177
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.