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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Austin or Valencia?

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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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. Austin 30, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Valencia 55: Austin leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Valencia.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinValencia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m15 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinValencia
City population961,855840,792
People per km²1,2176,242
Museums within 10 km2145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.