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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. London 25, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Valparaiso 50: London leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Valparaiso 62: London leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Valparaiso 56: London leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Day trips. London 90, Valparaiso 63: London leads by 27 points.
Good for families. London 82, Valparaiso 33: London leads by 49 points.
Getting around. London 85, Valparaiso 44: London leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Valparaiso 30: London leads by 65 points.
Affordability. London 15, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Valparaiso 38: London leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Valparaiso 18: London leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonValparaiso
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation4 m21 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonValparaiso
City population8,799,728296,655
People per km²5,5986,180
Museums within 10 km21617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.