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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Cordoba or San Juan?

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
  • prices

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

Choose San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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 Juan 84: San Juan leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, San Juan 64: Cordoba leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, San Juan 52: Cordoba leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, San Juan 58: San Juan leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, San Juan 38: Cordoba leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, San Juan 38: Cordoba leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, San Juan 55: San Juan leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba and San Juan are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and San Juan.

Your match

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

Cordoba
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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 Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CordobaSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaSan Juan
Official languageSpanishSpanish, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation120 m3 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaSan Juan
City population323,262342,259
People per km²2582,847
Museums within 10 km1618
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.