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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. Geneva 45, Valparaiso 36: Geneva leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Valparaiso 50: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Valparaiso 60: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Valparaiso 63: Geneva leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Valparaiso 33: Geneva leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Valparaiso 44: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Valparaiso 30: Geneva leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Valparaiso 38: Geneva leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Valparaiso 18: Geneva leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices 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.

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaValparaiso
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCJ230 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
Elevation403 m21 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaValparaiso
City population211,152296,655
People per km²13,2806,180
Museums within 10 km3417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.