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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices

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. London 25, Seville 18: London leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Seville 73: London leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Seville 82: London leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Seville 62: London leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Seville 52: London leads by 5 points.
Day trips. London 90, Seville 80: London leads by 10 points.
Good for families. London 82, Seville 55: London leads by 27 points.
Getting around. London 85, Seville 72: London leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Seville 55: London leads by 40 points.
Affordability. London 15, Seville 58: Seville leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Seville 68: London leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London and Seville are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Seville.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 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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LondonSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonSeville
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m18 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonSeville
City population8,799,728689,423
People per km²5,5984,896
Museums within 10 km21624
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.