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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, Valparaiso 36: Berlin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Valparaiso 50: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Valparaiso 62: Berlin leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Valparaiso 56: Berlin leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Valparaiso 63: Berlin leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Valparaiso 33: Berlin leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Valparaiso 44: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Valparaiso 30: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Valparaiso 38: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Valparaiso 18: Berlin leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Valparaiso.

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 families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices 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

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

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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinValparaiso
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation34 m21 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinValparaiso
City population3,700,577296,655
People per km²4,1536,180
Museums within 10 km15717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.