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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Florence 14, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Valparaiso 50: Florence leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Valparaiso 62: Florence leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Valparaiso 63: Florence leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Valparaiso 33: Florence leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Valparaiso 44: Florence leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Valparaiso 30: Florence leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Valparaiso 38: Florence leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Valparaiso 18: Florence leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices 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.

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

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

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.

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. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceValparaiso
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation50 m21 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceValparaiso
City population360,930296,655
People per km²3,5286,180
Museums within 10 km14117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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.