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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

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. Milan 20, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Valencia 74: Milan leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Valencia 68: Milan leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Milan and Valencia are level on 66.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Valencia 60: Milan leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Valencia 70: Milan leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Valencia 76: Milan leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Valencia 57: Milan leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Valencia 55: Milan leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan and Valencia are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Valencia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Milan
65match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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.

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanValencia
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation138 m15 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanValencia
City population1,354,196840,792
People per km²7,4536,242
Museums within 10 km8845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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.