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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Punta del Este

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Cadiz or Punta del Este?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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, Punta del Este 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Punta del Este 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Punta del Este 22: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Punta del Este 55: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Punta del Este 45: Cadiz leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Punta del Este 55: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Punta del Este 35: Cadiz leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Punta del Este 42: Punta del Este leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Punta del Este 20: Cadiz leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Punta del Este 22: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Punta del Este 32: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Punta del Este.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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). Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizPunta del Este
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m11 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizPunta del Este
City population109,9509,277
People per km²9,087455
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.