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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • 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. Izmir 62, Valparaiso 36: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Valparaiso 50: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Valparaiso 56: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Valparaiso 60: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Valparaiso 63: Izmir leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Valparaiso 33: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Valparaiso 44: Izmir leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Valparaiso 30: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Valparaiso 60: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Valparaiso 38: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Valparaiso 18: Izmir leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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

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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirValparaiso
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation2 m21 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirValparaiso
City population4,493,242296,655
People per km²4,7606,180
Museums within 10 km2917
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.