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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Cordoba or San Francisco?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Francisco for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: San Francisco leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, San Francisco 68: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, San Francisco 72: Cordoba leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, San Francisco 14: Cordoba leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, San Francisco 42: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and San Francisco.

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.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CordobaSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaSan Francisco
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation120 m16 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaSan Francisco
City population323,262873,965
People per km²2581,455
Museums within 10 km1651
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.