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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Nice?

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

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Nice for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Nice 66: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Nice 64: Nice leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Nice 47: Nice leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Nice 80: Nice leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Nice 87: Nice leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Nice 57: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Nice 74: Nice leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Nice 55: Nice leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Nice 35: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Nice 45: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Nice 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 Nice.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cadiz
60match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Nice
60match

Wins on shopping and nature and the outdoors 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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizNice

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizNice
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizNice
City population109,950357,737
People per km²9,0874,975
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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.