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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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. Montpellier 64, Seville 18: Montpellier leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Seville 73: Seville leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Seville 82: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Seville 62: Seville leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Seville 52: Montpellier leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Seville 80: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Seville 55: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Seville 72: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Seville 55: Seville leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Seville 58: Seville leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Seville 68: Seville leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Seville 40: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier 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

Montpellier
62match

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

Seville
60match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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MontpellierSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierSeville
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
Elevation7 m18 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierSeville
City population310,240689,423
People per km²5,4524,896
Museums within 10 km1424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.