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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Salzburg?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Cadiz leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Salzburg 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Salzburg 25: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cadiz and Salzburg are level on 80.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Salzburg 32: Cadiz leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSalzburg
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m424 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSalzburg
City population109,950155,021
People per km²9,0872,360
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.