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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao or Victoria Falls?

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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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. Bilbao 45, Victoria Falls 7: Bilbao leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Victoria Falls 24: Bilbao leads by 57 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Victoria Falls 12: Bilbao leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Victoria Falls 8: Bilbao leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Victoria Falls 22: Bilbao leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Victoria Falls 38: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Victoria Falls 45: Bilbao leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Victoria Falls 18: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Victoria Falls 32: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Victoria Falls 10: Bilbao leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Victoria Falls 34: Victoria Falls leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and day trips with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BilbaoVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoVictoria Falls
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112999
Elevation19 m961 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoVictoria Falls
City population351,12433,060
People per km²8,440-
Museums within 10 km172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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). 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. 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.