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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • 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. Reykjavik 12, Seville 18: Seville leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, Seville 73: Seville leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, Seville 82: Seville leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, Seville 62: Seville leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, Seville 52: Reykjavik leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, Seville 80: Seville leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik and Seville are level on 55.
Getting around. Reykjavik 55, Seville 72: Seville leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, Seville 55: Seville leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, Seville 58: Seville leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, Seville 68: Seville leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, Seville 40: Reykjavik leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and Seville.

Your match

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

Reykjavik
44match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ReykjavikSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikSeville
Official languageIcelandicSpanish
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTCUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation8 m18 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikSeville
City population138,772689,423
People per km²5694,896
Museums within 10 km2324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.