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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
Santa MonicaThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Santa Monica by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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. Santa Monica 66, Seville 18: Santa Monica leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Santa Monica 60, Seville 73: Seville leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Santa Monica 35, Seville 82: Seville leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Santa Monica 38, Seville 62: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santa Monica 72, Seville 52: Santa Monica leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Santa Monica 64, Seville 80: Seville leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Santa Monica 70, Seville 55: Santa Monica leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Santa Monica 52, Seville 72: Seville leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Santa Monica 56, Seville 55: Santa Monica leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Santa Monica 14, Seville 58: Seville leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santa Monica 38, Seville 68: Seville leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santa Monica 45, Seville 40: Santa Monica leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santa Monica and Seville.

Your match

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

Santa Monica
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Santa Monica in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Santa MonicaSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santa Monica: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (13.4 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanta MonicaSeville
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation32 m18 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)11 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanta MonicaSeville
City population93,076689,423
People per km²4,2704,896
Museums within 10 km1924
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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.