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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

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

Innsbruck 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 Innsbruck for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • 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. Innsbruck 20, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Valencia 60: Innsbruck leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Valencia 70: Innsbruck leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Valencia 76: Innsbruck leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck 38, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Valencia 42: Innsbruck leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Valencia.

Your match

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

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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.

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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InnsbruckValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckValencia
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageSpanish
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
Elevation574 m15 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckValencia
City population132,499840,792
People per km²1,2636,242
Museums within 10 km2845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.