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A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Samarkand 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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Seville for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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. Samarkand 4, Seville 18: Seville leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Samarkand 54, Seville 73: Seville leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Samarkand 84, Seville 82: Samarkand leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Samarkand 14, Seville 62: Seville leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Samarkand 40, Seville 52: Seville leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Samarkand 72, Seville 80: Seville leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Samarkand 30, Seville 55: Seville leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Samarkand 58, Seville 72: Seville leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Samarkand 42, Seville 55: Seville leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Samarkand 80, Seville 58: Samarkand leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Samarkand 24, Seville 68: Seville leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Samarkand 32, Seville 40: Seville leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Samarkand and Seville.

Your match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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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SamarkandSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSamarkandSeville
Official languageUzbekSpanish
CurrencyUzbekistan Sum (UZS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation702 m18 m
Main airportSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSamarkandSeville
City population546,303689,423
People per km²5,0584,896
Museums within 10 km1124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.