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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Mexico City?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Mexico City 50: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Mexico City 75: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Mexico City 58: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Mexico City 50: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizMexico City
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 m2,240 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizMexico City
City population109,9509,209,944
People per km²9,0876,202
Museums within 10 km11108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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.