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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

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. Cairo 10, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Valparaiso 50: Cairo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Valparaiso 62: Cairo leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Valparaiso 63: Cairo leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Valparaiso 33: Valparaiso leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Valparaiso 30: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Valparaiso 60: Cairo leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Valparaiso 38: Cairo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Valparaiso 18: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoValparaiso
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation23 m21 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoValparaiso
City population9,801,536296,655
People per km²18,5646,180
Museums within 10 km4817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.