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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Penang?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Penang for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’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, Penang 44: Cadiz leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Penang 86: Penang leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Penang 70: Penang leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Penang 40: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Penang 55: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Penang 42: Cadiz leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Penang 52: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Penang 40: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Penang 42: Penang leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Penang 78: Penang leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Penang 30: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Penang are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Penang.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Penang
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizPenang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizPenang
Official languageSpanishMalay
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation11 m4 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCadizPenang
City population109,950794,313
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km119
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Cadiz or Penang somewhere new.

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.