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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

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. Mumbai 18, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Valencia 74: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Valencia 68: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Valencia 57: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Valencia 57: Mumbai leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai and Valencia are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Valencia.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiValencia
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m15 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiValencia
City population15,414,288840,792
People per km²25,5636,242
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.