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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Quebec City and Seville are level on 18.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Seville 73: Seville leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Seville 82: Seville leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Seville 62: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Seville 52: Quebec City leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Seville 80: Seville leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Seville 55: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Seville 72: Seville leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Seville 55: Seville leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Seville 58: Seville leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Seville 68: Seville leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Seville 40: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Seville.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 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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Quebec CitySeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CitySeville
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
Elevation98 m18 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CitySeville
City population574,482689,423
People per km²1,1844,896
Museums within 10 km1624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.