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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Seville or Wellington?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Wellington 62: Seville leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Wellington 44: Seville leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, Wellington 45: Seville leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, Wellington 40: Seville leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, Wellington 68: Seville leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Wellington 42: Seville leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Wellington 33: Seville leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Wellington 56: Seville leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, Wellington 30: Seville leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Wellington.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleWellington
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation18 m0 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleWellington
City population689,423216,200
People per km²4,896487
Museums within 10 km2412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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