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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Muscat?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Muscat for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Muscat 44: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Muscat 55: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Muscat 14: Cadiz leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Muscat 62: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Muscat 52: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Muscat 20: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Muscat 42: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Muscat 45: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Muscat 40: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Muscat.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

Wins on wellness 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizMuscat
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation11 m69 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCadizMuscat
City population109,9501,421,409
People per km²9,087406
Museums within 10 km1110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.