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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. Marseille 72, Seville 18: Marseille leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Seville 73: Seville leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Seville 82: Seville leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Seville 62: Seville leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Seville 52: Marseille leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Seville 80: Marseille leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Seville 55: Seville leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Seville 72: Seville leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Seville 55: Seville leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Seville 58: Seville leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Seville 68: Seville leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Seville 40: Seville leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille 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

Marseille
60match

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

Seville
60match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleSeville
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m18 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleSeville
City population886,040689,423
People per km²3,6834,896
Museums within 10 km2724
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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.