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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • families
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Genoa 62, Valparaiso 36: Genoa leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Valparaiso 50: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Valparaiso 62: Genoa leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Valparaiso 60: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Valparaiso 63: Genoa leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Valparaiso 33: Genoa leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Valparaiso 44: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Valparaiso 30: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Valparaiso 38: Genoa leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Valparaiso 18: Genoa leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

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. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaValparaiso
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
Elevation20 m21 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 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

MeasureGenoaValparaiso
City population558,745296,655
People per km²2,3256,180
Museums within 10 km5117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.