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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Boston 35, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Valencia 68: Boston leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston and Valencia are level on 60.
Day trips. Boston 72, Valencia 70: Boston leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Valencia 55: Boston leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Valencia.

Your match

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

Boston
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonValencia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation43 m15 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonValencia
City population675,647840,792
People per km²2,9106,242
Museums within 10 km5145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.