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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Seattle 30, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Valencia 60: Seattle leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Valencia 55: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Valencia.

Your match

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

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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.

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleValencia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation40 m15 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleValencia
City population737,015840,792
People per km²1,9966,242
Museums within 10 km2745
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.