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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Seville or Zurich?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zurich for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Zurich 53: Seville leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Zurich 58: Seville leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Seville and Zurich are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Zurich 3: Seville leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Zurich.

Your match

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

Seville
60match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SevilleZurich

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleZurich
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation18 m408 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleZurich
City population689,423440,935
People per km²4,8965,016
Museums within 10 km2463
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. 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.