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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Scottsdale 8, Seville 18: Seville leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Seville 73: Seville leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Seville 82: Seville leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale 52, Seville 62: Seville leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Seville 52: Scottsdale leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Seville 80: Seville leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Seville 55: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Seville 72: Seville leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Seville 55: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Seville 58: Seville leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Seville 68: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Seville 40: Scottsdale leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Seville.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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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ScottsdaleSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleSeville
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation380 m18 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleSeville
City population241,361689,423
People per km²-4,896
Museums within 10 km1024
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.