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The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Rehoboth Beach 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 Rehoboth Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Rehoboth Beach 70, Valparaiso 36: Rehoboth Beach leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Rehoboth Beach 44, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Rehoboth Beach 14, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Rehoboth Beach 40, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rehoboth Beach 50, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Rehoboth Beach 50, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Rehoboth Beach 70, Valparaiso 33: Rehoboth Beach leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Rehoboth Beach 50, Valparaiso 44: Rehoboth Beach leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Rehoboth Beach 45, Valparaiso 30: Rehoboth Beach leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Rehoboth Beach 32, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rehoboth Beach 28, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rehoboth Beach 32, Valparaiso 18: Rehoboth Beach leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rehoboth Beach and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
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

Rehoboth Beach 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.

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. Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRehoboth BeachValparaiso
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation5 m21 m
Main airportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 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

MeasureRehoboth BeachValparaiso
City population1,108296,655
People per km²2586,180
Museums within 10 km217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.