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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Cadiz or Wellington?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Cadiz leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Wellington 62: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Wellington 44: Cadiz leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz and Wellington are level on 45.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Wellington 40: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Wellington 68: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Wellington 33: Cadiz leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Wellington 30: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Wellington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizWellington
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizWellington
City population109,950216,200
People per km²9,087487
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.