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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • beaches

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. Paris 9, Seville 18: Seville leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Seville 73: Paris leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Seville 82: Paris leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Seville 62: Paris leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris and Seville are level on 52.
Day trips. Paris 92, Seville 80: Paris leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Seville 55: Paris leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Seville 72: Paris leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Seville 55: Paris leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Seville 58: Seville leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Seville 68: Paris leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris and Seville are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Seville.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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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ParisSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisSeville
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
Elevation27 m18 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisSeville
City population2,103,778689,423
People per km²19,9604,896
Museums within 10 km25124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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). 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.