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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Huatulco?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Huatulco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Huatulco’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, Huatulco 86: Huatulco leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Huatulco 44: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Huatulco 15: Cadiz leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Huatulco 24: Cadiz leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Huatulco 76: Huatulco leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Huatulco 40: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Huatulco 56: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Huatulco 33: Cadiz leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Huatulco 20: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Huatulco 62: Huatulco leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Huatulco 9: Cadiz leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Huatulco 52: Huatulco leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Huatulco.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Huatulco
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizHuatulco
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m220 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizHuatulco
City population109,9507,409
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.