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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Cordoba or Wellington?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba and Wellington are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Wellington 44: Cordoba leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Wellington 40: Cordoba leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cordoba and Wellington are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Wellington 33: Cordoba leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Wellington 30: Cordoba leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Wellington.

Your match

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

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaWellington
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation120 m0 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaWellington
City population323,262216,200
People per km²258487
Museums within 10 km1612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.