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Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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. Oaxaca 5, Seville 18: Seville leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Oaxaca 84, Seville 73: Oaxaca leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Oaxaca 74, Seville 82: Seville leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Oaxaca 40, Seville 62: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Oaxaca 62, Seville 52: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Oaxaca 65, Seville 80: Seville leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Oaxaca 40, Seville 55: Seville leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Oaxaca 55, Seville 72: Seville leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Oaxaca 62, Seville 55: Oaxaca leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Oaxaca 77, Seville 58: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Oaxaca 38, Seville 68: Seville leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Oaxaca 50, Seville 40: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Oaxaca and Seville.

Your match

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

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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OaxacaSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOaxacaSeville
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
Elevation1,555 m18 m
Main airportXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOaxacaSeville
City population258,913689,423
People per km²3,0284,896
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.