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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Cadiz or London?

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 London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Cadiz leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, London 84: London leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, London 94: London leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, London 88: London leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, London 57: Cadiz leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, London 90: London leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, London 82: London leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, London 85: London leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, London 95: London leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, London 15: Cadiz leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, London 98: London leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, London 40: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and London.

Your match

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

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 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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CadizLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizLondon
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizLondon
City population109,9508,799,728
People per km²9,0875,598
Museums within 10 km11216
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.