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The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manchester 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 Manchester for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • 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. Manchester 9, Seville 18: Seville leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Manchester 51, Seville 73: Seville leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Manchester 50, Seville 82: Seville leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Manchester 72, Seville 62: Manchester leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manchester 64, Seville 52: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Manchester 77, Seville 80: Seville leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Manchester 58, Seville 55: Manchester leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Manchester 68, Seville 72: Seville leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Manchester 62, Seville 55: Manchester leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Manchester 42, Seville 58: Seville leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manchester 74, Seville 68: Manchester leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manchester 15, Seville 40: Seville leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manchester and Seville.

Your match

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

Manchester
54match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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. Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManchesterSeville
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
Elevation38 m18 m
Main airportManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManchesterSeville
City population547,627689,423
People per km²4,7374,896
Museums within 10 km2824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.