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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Heidelberg?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Heidelberg for

  • shopping
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Heidelberg’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, Heidelberg 7: Cadiz leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Heidelberg 40: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Heidelberg 58: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Heidelberg 38: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Heidelberg 60: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Heidelberg 78: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Heidelberg 62: Heidelberg leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Heidelberg 72: Heidelberg leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Heidelberg 40: Heidelberg leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Heidelberg 42: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Heidelberg 48: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Heidelberg 44: Heidelberg leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Heidelberg.

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.

Heidelberg
49match

Wins on shopping and families 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

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizHeidelberg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizHeidelberg
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 m114 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizHeidelberg
City population109,950156,092
People per km²9,0871,433
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.