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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota
SarasotaCa' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Sarasota by Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Sarasota?

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 Sarasota for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarasota’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, Sarasota 86: Sarasota leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Sarasota 44: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Sarasota 45: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Sarasota 28: Cadiz leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Sarasota 55: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Sarasota 50: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Sarasota 68: Sarasota leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Sarasota 28: Cadiz leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Sarasota 40: Sarasota leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Sarasota 30: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Sarasota 58: Sarasota leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Sarasota 45: Sarasota leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Sarasota.

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.

Sarasota
48match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Sarasota in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sarasota 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.

Sarasota's sunshine is measured 70 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Sarasota: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sarasota / Ballentine Manor (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSarasota
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation11 m7 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)7 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSarasota
City population109,95054,842
People per km²9,087840
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months8 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.