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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Cadiz or Sydney?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sydney for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Sydney 60: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Sydney 50: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Sydney 22: Cadiz leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Sydney.

Your match

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

Cadiz
60match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizSydney
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizSydney
City population109,9505,450,496
People per km²9,087449
Museums within 10 km1138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.