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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Seville for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Nairobi 4, Seville 18: Seville leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Seville 73: Seville leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Seville 82: Seville leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Seville 62: Seville leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Seville 52: Nairobi leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Seville 80: Seville leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Nairobi and Seville are level on 55.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Seville 72: Seville leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Seville 55: Seville leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Seville 58: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Seville 68: Seville leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Seville 40: Seville leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Seville.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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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NairobiSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiSeville
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliSpanish
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation1,661 m18 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiSeville
City population5,545,000689,423
People per km²7,9674,896
Museums within 10 km424
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.