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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
SofiaThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sofia by Jose Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Seville or Sofia?

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

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Sofia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sofia’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, Sofia 5: Seville leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Sofia 45: Seville leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Sofia 60: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, Sofia 50: Seville leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Sofia 80: Sofia leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, Sofia 60: Seville leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, Sofia 40: Seville leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, Sofia 65: Seville leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Sofia 38: Seville leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Sofia 78: Sofia leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Sofia 50: Seville leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, Sofia 45: Sofia leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Sofia.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sofia
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Sofia in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
64 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SevilleSofia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre). Sofia: 1991-2020 normals, Sofia Observ. (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleSofia
Official languageSpanishBulgarian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation18 m560 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsSofia Airport (SOF)8 km from centre97 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleSofia
City population689,4231,213,134
People per km²4,8962,466
Museums within 10 km2442
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.