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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Seville for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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. Cartagena 70, Seville 18: Cartagena leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Seville 73: Seville leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Seville 82: Seville leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Seville 62: Cartagena leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Seville 52: Seville leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Seville 80: Seville leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Seville 55: Seville leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Seville 72: Seville leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Seville 55: Seville leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Seville 58: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Seville 68: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena and Seville are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Seville.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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CartagenaSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaSeville
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m18 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaSeville
City population914,552689,423
People per km²1,5994,896
Museums within 10 km224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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. 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.