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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Seville or Shanghai?

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 Seville for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • shopping
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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. Seville 18, Shanghai 10: Seville leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Shanghai 72: Seville leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Shanghai 25: Seville leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Shanghai 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Shanghai 66: Seville leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Seville
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SevilleShanghai

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

Before you go

MeasureSevilleShanghai
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation18 m4 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleShanghai
City population689,42324,870,895
People per km²4,8963,922
Museums within 10 km2445
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.