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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Hamburg 28, Seville 18: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Seville 73: Seville leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Seville 82: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Seville 62: Hamburg leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg and Seville are level on 52.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Seville 80: Seville leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Seville 55: Hamburg leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Seville 72: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Seville 55: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Seville 58: Seville leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Seville 68: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Seville 40: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hamburg
60match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HamburgSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgSeville
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m18 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgSeville
City population1,869,473689,423
People per km²2,4764,896
Museums within 10 km7724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.