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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • 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. Mexico City 5, Seville 18: Seville leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Seville 73: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Seville 82: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Seville 62: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Seville 52: Seville leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Seville 80: Seville leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Mexico City 58, Seville 55: Mexico City leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Seville 72: Seville leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Seville 55: Mexico City leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Seville 58: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Seville 68: Mexico City leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City and Seville are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Seville.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 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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Mexico CitySeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CitySeville
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSpanish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m18 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CitySeville
City population9,209,944689,423
People per km²6,2024,896
Museums within 10 km10824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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