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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cordoba 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 Cordoba for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Cordoba 14, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Valparaiso 50: Cordoba leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Valparaiso 62: Cordoba leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Valparaiso 63: Cordoba leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Valparaiso 33: Cordoba leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Valparaiso 44: Cordoba leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Valparaiso 30: Cordoba leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Valparaiso 60: Cordoba leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Valparaiso 38: Cordoba leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Valparaiso 18: Cordoba leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaValparaiso
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation120 m21 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaValparaiso
City population323,262296,655
People per km²2586,180
Museums within 10 km1617
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.