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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Rotorua?

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
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotorua’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, Rotorua 33: Cadiz leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Rotorua 33: Cadiz leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Rotorua 38: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Rotorua 14: Cadiz leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Rotorua 45: Cadiz leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Rotorua 68: Rotorua leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Rotorua 30: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Rotorua 22: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Rotorua 36: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Rotorua 30: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Rotorua.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness 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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °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

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureCadizRotorua
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation11 m280 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizRotorua
City population109,95058,500
People per km²9,08722
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.