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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Cadiz or San Francisco?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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 Francisco 25: Cadiz leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, San Francisco 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cadiz and San Francisco are level on 70.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, San Francisco 14: Cadiz leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and San Francisco are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

San Francisco
59match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSan Francisco
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 m16 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSan Francisco
City population109,950873,965
People per km²9,0871,455
Museums within 10 km1151
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.