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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Brisbane 55, Valparaiso 36: Brisbane leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Valparaiso 50: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Valparaiso 60: Brisbane leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Valparaiso 33: Brisbane leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Valparaiso 44: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Valparaiso 30: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Valparaiso 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Valparaiso 18: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneValparaiso
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation0 m21 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneValparaiso
City population2,706,966296,655
People per km²1716,180
Museums within 10 km1617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 monthsNone

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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. 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.