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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Tallinn 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 Tallinn for

  • wellness

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • 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. Tallinn 28, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn and Valencia are level on 68.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Valencia 42: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Valencia.

Your match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on wellness with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnValencia
Official languageEstonianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation28 m15 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnValencia
City population457,572840,792
People per km²2,8716,242
Museums within 10 km1645
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.