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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cordoba or Mombasa?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Mombasa 60: Cordoba leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Mombasa 55: Cordoba leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Mombasa 45: Cordoba leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Mombasa 45: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Mombasa 30: Cordoba leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Mombasa 35: Cordoba leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Mombasa 22: Cordoba leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba and Mombasa are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cordoba
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaMombasa
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation120 m50 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaMombasa
City population323,2621,208,333
People per km²2584,100
Museums within 10 km160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.