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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Berlin 38, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Valencia 68: Berlin leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Valencia 66: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Valencia 75: Berlin leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Valencia 76: Berlin leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Valencia 57: Berlin leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Valencia 55: Berlin leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Valencia 42: Berlin leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Valencia.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Valencia
65match

Wins on beaches 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinValencia
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m15 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinValencia
City population3,700,577840,792
People per km²4,1536,242
Museums within 10 km15745
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.