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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. Catania 72, Seville 18: Catania leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Seville 73: Catania leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Seville 82: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Seville 62: Seville leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Seville 52: Catania leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Seville 80: Catania leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Seville 55: Seville leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Seville 72: Seville leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Seville 55: Seville leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Seville 58: Catania leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Seville 68: Seville leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Seville 40: Seville leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Catania
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaSeville
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m18 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaSeville
City population311,584689,423
People per km²1,7044,896
Museums within 10 km2524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.