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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Cadiz leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Samarkand 54: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Samarkand 14: Cadiz leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Samarkand 40: Cadiz leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Samarkand 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Samarkand 30: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Samarkand 58: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Samarkand 24: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSamarkand
Official languageSpanishUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m702 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSamarkand
City population109,950546,303
People per km²9,0875,058
Museums within 10 km1111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.