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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Cadiz or Puerto Plata?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Puerto Plata for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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 and Puerto Plata are level on 80.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Puerto Plata 40: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Puerto Plata 35: Cadiz leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Puerto Plata 38: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Puerto Plata 68: Puerto Plata leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Puerto Plata 48: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Puerto Plata 57: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Puerto Plata 30: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Puerto Plata 30: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Puerto Plata 64: Puerto Plata leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Puerto Plata 18: Cadiz leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Puerto Plata 35: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Puerto Plata.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Plata
45match

Wins on prices 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

Puerto Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Puerto Plata has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Puerto Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizPuerto Plata
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m34 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizPuerto Plata
City population109,950-
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.