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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Bordeaux 50, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Valencia 74: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux and Valencia are level on 68.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Valencia 70: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux and Valencia are level on 76.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux and Valencia are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 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: Bordeaux and Valencia.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
59match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxValencia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m15 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxValencia
City population267,991840,792
People per km²5,4256,242
Museums within 10 km1845
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.