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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Cadiz or Zadar?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Zadar for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Zadar 45: Cadiz leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Zadar 55: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Zadar 38: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Zadar 70: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Zadar 55: Cadiz leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Zadar 58: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Zadar 27: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Zadar 52: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Zadar 28: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Zadar 35: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Zadar.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Zadar 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizZadar
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m5 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizZadar
City population109,95070,779
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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. 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.