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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tallinn 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 Tallinn for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Tallinn 28, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Valparaiso 50: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Valparaiso 62: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Valparaiso 33: Tallinn leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Valparaiso 44: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Valparaiso 30: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Valparaiso 38: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Valparaiso 18: Tallinn leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnValparaiso
Official languageEstonianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation28 m21 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 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

MeasureTallinnValparaiso
City population457,572296,655
People per km²2,8716,180
Museums within 10 km1617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.