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Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Seoul 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 Seoul for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Seoul and Seville are level on 18.
Food & drink. Seoul 84, Seville 73: Seoul leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Seoul 75, Seville 82: Seville leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Seoul 84, Seville 62: Seoul leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seoul 75, Seville 52: Seoul leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Seoul 77, Seville 80: Seville leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Seoul 80, Seville 55: Seoul leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Seoul 87, Seville 72: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Seoul 85, Seville 55: Seoul leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Seoul 50, Seville 58: Seville leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seoul 63, Seville 68: Seville leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seoul 75, Seville 40: Seoul leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seoul and Seville.

Your match

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

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on prices 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.

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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SeoulSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeoulSeville
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageSpanish
CurrencyWon (KRW)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119112
Elevation38 m18 m
Main airportIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeoulSeville
City population9,668,465689,423
People per km²15,9734,896
Museums within 10 km8124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.