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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Cordoba or New Orleans?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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 and New Orleans are level on 14.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, New Orleans 67: Cordoba leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, New Orleans 42: Cordoba leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, New Orleans 52: Cordoba leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, New Orleans 55: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, New Orleans 40: Cordoba leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, New Orleans 25: Cordoba leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and New Orleans.

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 prices with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CordobaNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaNew Orleans
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation120 m-2 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaNew Orleans
City population323,262383,997
People per km²258423
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.