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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Cadiz or New Orleans?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Cadiz leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, New Orleans 42: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, New Orleans 52: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, New Orleans 55: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, New Orleans 55: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, New Orleans 40: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, New Orleans 25: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizNew Orleans
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m-2 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizNew Orleans
City population109,950383,997
People per km²9,087423
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months7 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.