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The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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. Heidelberg 7, Seville 18: Seville leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Heidelberg 40, Seville 73: Seville leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Heidelberg 58, Seville 82: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Heidelberg 38, Seville 62: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Heidelberg 60, Seville 52: Heidelberg leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Heidelberg 78, Seville 80: Seville leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Heidelberg 62, Seville 55: Heidelberg leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Heidelberg and Seville are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Heidelberg 40, Seville 55: Seville leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Heidelberg 42, Seville 58: Seville leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Heidelberg 48, Seville 68: Seville leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Heidelberg 44, Seville 40: Heidelberg leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Heidelberg and Seville.

Your match

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

Heidelberg
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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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HeidelbergSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHeidelbergSeville
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
Elevation114 m18 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHeidelbergSeville
City population156,092689,423
People per km²1,4334,896
Museums within 10 km1724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.