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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

London 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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. London 25, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Valencia 74: London leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Valencia 68: London leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Valencia 66: London leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 3 points.
Day trips. London 90, Valencia 70: London leads by 20 points.
Good for families. London 82, Valencia 75: London leads by 7 points.
Getting around. London 85, Valencia 76: London leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Valencia 57: London leads by 38 points.
Affordability. London 15, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Valencia 55: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Valencia.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Valencia
65match

Wins on beaches 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonValencia
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m15 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonValencia
City population8,799,728840,792
People per km²5,5986,242
Museums within 10 km21645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.