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The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Muscat 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 Muscat for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • 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. Muscat 72, Seville 18: Muscat leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Muscat 44, Seville 73: Seville leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Muscat 55, Seville 82: Seville leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Muscat 14, Seville 62: Seville leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Muscat 70, Seville 52: Muscat leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Muscat 62, Seville 80: Seville leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Muscat 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Muscat 20, Seville 72: Seville leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Muscat 42, Seville 55: Seville leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Muscat 45, Seville 58: Seville leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Muscat 40, Seville 68: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Muscat 55, Seville 40: Muscat leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Muscat and Seville.

Your match

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

Muscat
48match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMuscatSeville
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyRial Omani (OMR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number968112
Elevation69 m18 m
Main airportMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMuscatSeville
City population1,421,409689,423
People per km²4064,896
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.