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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Newport Beach?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • shopping
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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, Newport Beach 70: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Newport Beach 50: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Newport Beach 20: Cadiz leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Newport Beach 33: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz and Newport Beach are level on 66.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Newport Beach 70: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Newport Beach 20: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Newport Beach 15: Cadiz leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Newport Beach 46: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Newport Beach.

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 prices with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on shopping and families 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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizNewport Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizNewport Beach
City population109,95085,239
People per km²9,087622
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.