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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

  • nightlife
  • 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. Salzburg 35, Seville 18: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Seville 73: Seville leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Seville 82: Seville leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Seville 62: Seville leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Seville 52: Salzburg leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Salzburg and Seville are level on 80.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Seville 55: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Salzburg and Seville are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Seville 55: Seville leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Seville 58: Seville leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Seville 68: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Seville 40: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Salzburg
58match

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

Seville
60match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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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SalzburgSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSeville
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageSpanish
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
Elevation424 m18 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSeville
City population155,021689,423
People per km²2,3604,896
Museums within 10 km3824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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.