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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Santo Domingo?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Santo Domingo 58: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Santo Domingo 36: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Santo Domingo 44: Cadiz leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Santo Domingo 40: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Santo Domingo 40: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Santo Domingo 46: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Santo Domingo 22: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
49match

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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSanto Domingo
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m14 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSanto Domingo
City population109,9502,201,941
People per km²9,0871,691
Museums within 10 km1110
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.