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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Monaco 68, Seville 18: Monaco leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Seville 73: Seville leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Seville 82: Seville leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Seville 62: Seville leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Seville 52: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Seville 80: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Seville 55: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Seville 72: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Seville 58: Seville leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Seville 68: Seville leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Seville 40: Monaco leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Monaco
58match

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

Seville
60match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoSeville
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m18 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoSeville
City population38,857689,423
People per km²18,5034,896
Museums within 10 km1424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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.