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Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam for

  • families
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

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. Rotterdam 27, Seville 18: Rotterdam leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Rotterdam 52, Seville 73: Seville leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Rotterdam 58, Seville 82: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Rotterdam 52, Seville 62: Seville leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotterdam 44, Seville 52: Seville leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Rotterdam 85, Seville 80: Rotterdam leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Rotterdam 66, Seville 55: Rotterdam leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Rotterdam 78, Seville 72: Rotterdam leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Rotterdam and Seville are level on 55.
Affordability. Rotterdam 38, Seville 58: Seville leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotterdam 58, Seville 68: Seville leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotterdam 42, Seville 40: Rotterdam leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotterdam and Seville.

Your match

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

Rotterdam
55match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotterdamSeville
Official languageDutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m18 m
Main airportRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotterdamSeville
City population664,311689,423
People per km²2,0804,896
Museums within 10 km4024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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). 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.