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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • 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. Luxor 6, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Valparaiso 62: Luxor leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Valparaiso 33: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Valparaiso 30: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Valparaiso 60: Luxor leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Valparaiso 18: Luxor leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Valparaiso
Best match
46match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
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

Luxor 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.

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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorValparaiso
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation89 m21 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorValparaiso
City population202,232296,655
People per km²4866,180
Museums within 10 km417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.