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The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubai or Seville?

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 Dubai for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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. Dubai 80, Seville 18: Dubai leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Dubai 76, Seville 73: Dubai leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Dubai 40, Seville 82: Seville leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Dubai and Seville are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Dubai 25, Seville 52: Seville leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Dubai 45, Seville 80: Seville leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Dubai 82, Seville 55: Dubai leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Dubai 42, Seville 72: Seville leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Dubai 82, Seville 55: Dubai leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubai 32, Seville 58: Seville leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubai 40, Seville 68: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubai 46, Seville 40: Dubai leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubai and Seville.

Your match

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

Dubai
54match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubaiSeville
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m18 m
Main airportDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubaiSeville
City population3,944,751689,423
People per km²-4,896
Museums within 10 km1424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.