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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Paris?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Cadiz leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Paris 96: Paris leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Paris 97: Paris leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Paris 80: Paris leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Paris 52: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Paris 92: Paris leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Paris 79: Paris leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Paris 88: Paris leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Paris 98: Paris leads by 63 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Paris 25: Cadiz leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Paris 88: Paris leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Paris 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 Paris.

Your match

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

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizParis
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 m27 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizParis
City population109,9502,103,778
People per km²9,08719,960
Museums within 10 km11251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. 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.