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Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ottawa 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 Ottawa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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. Ottawa 35, Seville 18: Ottawa leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Ottawa 45, Seville 73: Seville leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Ottawa 62, Seville 82: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Ottawa 35, Seville 62: Seville leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ottawa 68, Seville 52: Ottawa leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Ottawa 55, Seville 80: Seville leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Ottawa 68, Seville 55: Ottawa leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Ottawa 62, Seville 72: Seville leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Ottawa 40, Seville 55: Seville leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Ottawa 40, Seville 58: Seville leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ottawa 52, Seville 68: Seville leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ottawa 55, Seville 40: Ottawa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ottawa and Seville.

Your match

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

Ottawa
51match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink 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.

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOttawaSeville
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation70 m18 m
Main airportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureOttawaSeville
City population1,017,449689,423
People per km²3664,896
Museums within 10 km2024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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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.