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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cordoba or Positano?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Positano 40: Cordoba leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Positano 22: Cordoba leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Positano 22: Cordoba leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Positano 80: Positano leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Positano 88: Positano leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Positano 28: Cordoba leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Positano 35: Cordoba leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Positano 45: Positano leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Positano 10: Cordoba leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Positano 15: Cordoba leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Positano 45: Positano leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Positano.

Your match

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

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Positano
42match

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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaPositano
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation120 m142 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaPositano
City population323,2623,729
People per km²258429
Museums within 10 km1610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.