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Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cape Town or Seville?

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 Cape Town for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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. Cape Town 58, Seville 18: Cape Town leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Cape Town 72, Seville 73: Seville leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Cape Town 60, Seville 82: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cape Town 60, Seville 62: Seville leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cape Town 98, Seville 52: Cape Town leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Cape Town 68, Seville 80: Seville leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cape Town 58, Seville 55: Cape Town leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Cape Town 35, Seville 72: Seville leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Cape Town 50, Seville 55: Seville leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cape Town 72, Seville 58: Cape Town leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cape Town 52, Seville 68: Seville leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cape Town 45, Seville 40: Cape Town leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cape Town and Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cape Town
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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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Cape TownSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCape TownSeville
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageSpanish
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation5 m18 m
Main airportCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCape TownSeville
City population3,776,313689,423
People per km²1,5384,896
Museums within 10 km2224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.