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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

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

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Valencia for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Brisbane 55, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Valencia 60: Brisbane leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Valencia 75: Brisbane leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane and Valencia are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 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: Brisbane and Valencia.

Your match

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

Brisbane
54match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneValencia
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneValencia
City population2,706,966840,792
People per km²1716,242
Museums within 10 km1645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.