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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Medellin?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Medellin 58: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Medellin 42: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz and Medellin are level on 66.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Medellin 58: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Medellin 50: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Medellin 55: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Medellin 42: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Medellin 30: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Medellin.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Medellin 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). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizMedellin
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation11 m1,405 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizMedellin
City population109,9502,529,403
People per km²9,0876,644
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.