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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Florence 14, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Florence and Valencia are level on 74.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Valencia 68: Florence leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Valencia 70: Florence leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Valencia 76: Florence leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Valencia 57: Florence leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Valencia 55: Florence leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence and Valencia are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Valencia.

Your match

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

Florence
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceValencia
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m15 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceValencia
City population360,930840,792
People per km²3,5286,242
Museums within 10 km14145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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.