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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Mumbai 18, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Valparaiso 50: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Valparaiso 62: Mumbai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Valparaiso 33: Mumbai leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Valparaiso 44: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Valparaiso 30: Mumbai leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Valparaiso 60: Mumbai leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Valparaiso 38: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Valparaiso 18: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiValparaiso
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation14 m21 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiValparaiso
City population15,414,288296,655
People per km²25,5636,180
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.