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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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. Mendoza 6, Seville 18: Seville leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Seville 73: Seville leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Seville 82: Seville leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Seville 62: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Seville 52: Mendoza leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Seville 80: Seville leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Seville 55: Seville leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Seville 72: Seville leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Seville 55: Seville leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Seville 58: Seville leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Seville 68: Seville leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Seville 40: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Seville.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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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MendozaSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaSeville
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation769 m18 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaSeville
City population127,160689,423
People per km²2,3554,896
Museums within 10 km124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.