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The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Munich 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 Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • beaches

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. Munich 28, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Munich 62, Valparaiso 50: Munich leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Munich 79, Valparaiso 62: Munich leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Munich and Valparaiso are level on 56.
Nature & outdoors. Munich 82, Valparaiso 60: Munich leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Munich 86, Valparaiso 63: Munich leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Munich 78, Valparaiso 33: Munich leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Munich 86, Valparaiso 44: Munich leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Munich 72, Valparaiso 30: Munich leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Munich 32, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Munich 84, Valparaiso 38: Munich leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Munich 62, Valparaiso 18: Munich leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Munich and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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.

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 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. Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMunichValparaiso
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation519 m21 m
Main airportMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMunichValparaiso
City population1,505,036296,655
People per km²4,8446,180
Museums within 10 km7417
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.