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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • 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. Dresden 10, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Valencia 68: Dresden leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Valencia 60: Dresden leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Valencia 70: Dresden leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Valencia 55: Dresden leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden and Valencia are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Valencia.

Your match

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

Dresden
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenValencia
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation126 m15 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenValencia
City population562,764840,792
People per km²1,7136,242
Museums within 10 km7045
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.