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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Johannesburg?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Johannesburg 58: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Johannesburg 56: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Johannesburg 55: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Johannesburg 52: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Johannesburg 42: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Johannesburg 18: Cadiz leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Johannesburg 28: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Johannesburg.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizJohannesburg
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m1,753 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizJohannesburg
City population109,9504,803,262
People per km²9,0872,922
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.