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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

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

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • prices

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. Hamburg 28, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Valencia 66: Hamburg leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hamburg and Valencia are level on 70.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Valencia 76: Hamburg leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Valencia 57: Hamburg leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Valencia 55: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Valencia 42: Hamburg leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Valencia.

Your match

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

Hamburg
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgValencia
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
Elevation6 m15 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgValencia
City population1,869,473840,792
People per km²2,4766,242
Museums within 10 km7745
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.