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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Seville or Washington DC?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Seville leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Washington DC 67: Seville leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, Washington DC 57: Seville leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, Washington DC 73: Seville leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Seville and Washington DC are level on 72.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Washington DC 52: Seville leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Washington DC 28: Seville leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Washington DC 67: Seville leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, Washington DC 26: Seville leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleWashington DC
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation18 m72 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleWashington DC
City population689,423689,545
People per km²4,8963,896
Museums within 10 km2498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.