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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
SofiaThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Sofia by Jose Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Sofia?

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
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Sofia for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sofia’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, Sofia 5: Cadiz leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Sofia 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Sofia 60: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Sofia 50: Sofia leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Sofia 80: Sofia leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Sofia 60: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Sofia 40: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Sofia 65: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Sofia 38: Sofia leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Sofia 78: Sofia leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Sofia 50: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Sofia 45: Sofia leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Sofia.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Sofia
51match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Sofia in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
64 mmrain in the month
10 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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CadizSofia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Sofia: 1991-2020 normals, Sofia Observ. (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSofia
Official languageSpanishBulgarian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m560 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSofia Airport (SOF)8 km from centre97 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSofia
City population109,9501,213,134
People per km²9,0872,466
Museums within 10 km1142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.