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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Huntington Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Huntington Beach 46: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Huntington Beach 14: Cadiz leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Huntington Beach 38: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Huntington Beach 58: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Huntington Beach 63: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Huntington Beach 20: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Huntington Beach 42: Huntington Beach leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Huntington Beach 28: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Huntington Beach 33: Cadiz leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Huntington Beach 36: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families 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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizHuntington Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m12 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizHuntington Beach
City population109,950198,711
People per km²9,0872,406
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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.