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The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Siena 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 Siena for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • prices

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. Siena 14, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Siena 62, Valparaiso 50: Siena leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Siena 78, Valparaiso 62: Siena leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Siena 27, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Siena 65, Valparaiso 60: Siena leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Siena 94, Valparaiso 63: Siena leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Siena 38, Valparaiso 33: Siena leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Siena 60, Valparaiso 44: Siena leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Siena 35, Valparaiso 30: Siena leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Siena 42, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Siena 36, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Siena 55, Valparaiso 18: Siena leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Siena and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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. Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSienaValparaiso
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation322 m21 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSienaValparaiso
City population52,812296,655
People per km²4466,180
Museums within 10 km3017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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.