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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Siena?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Siena for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Cadiz leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Siena 62: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Siena 78: Siena leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Siena 27: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Siena 65: Cadiz leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Siena 94: Siena leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Siena 38: Cadiz leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Siena 60: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz and Siena are level on 35.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Siena 42: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Siena 36: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Siena 55: Siena leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Siena.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSiena
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m322 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSiena
City population109,95052,812
People per km²9,087446
Museums within 10 km1130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.