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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Seville or Xi'an?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Seville leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Xi'an 70: Seville leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Xi'an 81: Seville leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, Xi'an 42: Seville leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Seville and Xi'an are level on 80.
Good for families. Seville 55, Xi'an 48: Seville leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, Xi'an 66: Seville leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Xi'an 50: Seville leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Xi'an 40: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville and Xi'an are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Xi'an
55match

Wins on prices 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
15 hdaylight a day

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
14 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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleXi'an
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 m405 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleXi'an
City population689,42312,952,907
People per km²4,8961,283
Museums within 10 km249
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.