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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cordoba or Edinburgh?

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 Cordoba for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Edinburgh for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Edinburgh’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. Cordoba 14, Edinburgh 22: Edinburgh leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Edinburgh 53: Cordoba leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Edinburgh 75: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Edinburgh 50: Edinburgh leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Edinburgh 75: Edinburgh leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Edinburgh 75: Cordoba leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Edinburgh 62: Edinburgh leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Edinburgh 74: Edinburgh leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Edinburgh 50: Edinburgh leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Edinburgh 30: Cordoba leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Edinburgh 72: Edinburgh leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Edinburgh 34: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Edinburgh.

Your match

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

Cordoba
52match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Edinburgh
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

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

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaEdinburgh
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation120 m47 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaEdinburgh
City population323,262488,050
People per km²2581,884
Museums within 10 km1632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.