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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego
San DiegoThe Botanical Building, Balboa Park

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; San Diego by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz or San Diego?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose San Diego for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on San Diego’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, San Diego 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, San Diego 62: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, San Diego 50: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, San Diego 48: San Diego leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, San Diego 77: San Diego leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, San Diego 60: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, San Diego 96: San Diego leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, San Diego 38: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, San Diego 44: San Diego leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, San Diego 26: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, San Diego 56: San Diego leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, San Diego 45: San Diego leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and San Diego.

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 prices with your weighting.

San Diego
56match

Wins on families 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

San Diego in July

24 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizSan Diego

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). San Diego: 1991-2020 normals, San Diego International Airport (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSan Diego
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m129 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSan Diego International Airport (SAN)3 km from centre87 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSan Diego
City population109,9501,386,932
People per km²9,0871,438
Museums within 10 km1126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months1 month

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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. 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.