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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bath or Valparaiso?

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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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. Bath 10, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Valparaiso 62: Bath leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Valparaiso 63: Bath leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Valparaiso 33: Bath leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Valparaiso 44: Bath leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Valparaiso 30: Bath leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Valparaiso 38: Bath leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Valparaiso 18: Bath leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices 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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathValparaiso
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation132 m21 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathValparaiso
City population94,092296,655
People per km²3,2456,180
Museums within 10 km1717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.