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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Charleston or Cordoba?

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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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. Charleston 72, Cordoba 14: Charleston leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Cordoba 62: Charleston leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Cordoba 40: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Cordoba 45: Charleston leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Cordoba 40: Charleston leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Cordoba 38: Charleston leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Cordoba 47: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston and Cordoba are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Cordoba
52match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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CharlestonCordoba

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonCordoba
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m120 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonCordoba
City population150,227323,262
People per km²532258
Museums within 10 km1916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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.