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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Cadiz or San Juan?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose San Juan for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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 Juan 84: San Juan leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, San Juan 66: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, San Juan 64: San Juan leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, San Juan 52: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, San Juan 58: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, San Juan 38: Cadiz leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, San Juan 38: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, San Juan 55: San Juan leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, San Juan 40: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and San Juan.

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 day trips with your weighting.

San Juan
57match

Wins on nightlife 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 Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSan Juan
Official languageSpanishSpanish, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSan Juan
City population109,950342,259
People per km²9,0872,847
Museums within 10 km1118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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. 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.