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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Quebec City 18, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Valencia 68: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Valencia 60: Quebec City leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Valencia 42: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Valencia.

Your match

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

Quebec City
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Quebec CityValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityValencia
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m15 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityValencia
City population574,482840,792
People per km²1,1846,242
Museums within 10 km1645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.