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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Seville or Siena?

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

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Siena for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Seville leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Siena 62: Seville leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Siena 78: Seville leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, Siena 27: Seville leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Siena 65: Siena leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, Siena 94: Siena leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, Siena 38: Seville leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, Siena 60: Seville leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Siena 35: Seville leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Siena 42: Seville leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Siena 36: Seville leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, Siena 55: Siena leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Siena.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Siena
51match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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
15 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleSiena
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation18 m322 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleSiena
City population689,42352,812
People per km²4,896446
Museums within 10 km2430
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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