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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License.

Cordoba or Kyoto?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Kyoto for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Kyoto’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, Kyoto 15: Kyoto leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Kyoto 85: Kyoto leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Kyoto 35: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Kyoto 68: Kyoto leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Kyoto 50: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Kyoto 60: Kyoto leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Kyoto.

Your match

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

Cordoba
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on shopping and wellness 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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaKyoto
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation120 m51 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaKyoto
City population323,2621,463,723
People per km²2581,768
Museums within 10 km1677
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.