Seville to Cádiz distance

Seville to Cádiz by road

The fastest driving route is 121 km (75.5 mi) long and takes about 1 hr 30 min without stops or traffic. It runs mostly on the AP-4 (92.5 km), the A-4 (12.6 km), and the CA-35 (7.1 km).

The whole route stays in Andalusia. That’s an average of 80 km/h (50 mph), and at under two hours you can do it without stopping. The time is OSRM’s estimate with OpenStreetMap data: no traffic and speeds somewhat below the limits, so real trips can differ.

Straight-line distance and bearing

In a straight line, the shortest distance over the Earth’s surface, Seville and Cádiz are 99.0 km (61.5 mi) apart. That’s the geodesic on the WGS84 ellipsoid, the distance “as the crow flies”.

The road is 23% longer: for every 100 km in a straight line you drive 123. That’s a normal detour between two cities. Of the 40 Spanish pairs in this series, it ranks 16th for detour (the average is 24%).

From Seville, Cádiz lies to the south (bearing 196°), and from Cádiz, Seville lies to the north.

Halfway between Seville and Cádiz

Halfway along the straight line, 49.5 km (30.7 mi) from each city, is the point 36.9592° N, 6.1446° W. It falls near Lebrija (Seville, pop. 27,788), 7.3 km away.

By road, the halfway point is 60.7 km (37.7 mi) from each city, near El Cuervo de Sevilla (Seville, pop. 8,783), 8.5 km away. The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Lebrija (Seville, pop. 27,788), 9.8 km away. The two midpoints are 16.7 km apart: if you want to meet halfway, the one on the road is the useful one.

The two cities

Seville and Cádiz sit at almost the same elevation: 8 m (26 ft) and 4 m (13 ft).

Seville has 689,423 people and Cádiz 109,950 people (INE population register, January 1, 2025).