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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Cadiz or Washington DC?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Cadiz leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Washington DC 67: Cadiz leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Washington DC 64: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Washington DC 73: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Washington DC 28: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Washington DC 26: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Washington DC.

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 prices with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizWashington DC

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizWashington DC
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 m72 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizWashington DC
City population109,950689,545
People per km²9,0873,896
Museums within 10 km1198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months3 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.