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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Skopje?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Cadiz leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Skopje 52: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Skopje 56: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Skopje 42: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Skopje 56: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Skopje 35: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Skopje 45: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Skopje 40: Skopje leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Skopje 38: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Skopje 27: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Skopje.

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.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSkopje
Official languageSpanishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Denar (MKD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m251 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSkopje
City population109,950422,540
People per km²9,087739
Museums within 10 km1117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.