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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • prices

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. Tokyo 40, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Valencia 74: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Valencia 68: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Valencia 66: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Valencia 60: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Valencia 70: Tokyo leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Valencia 75: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Valencia 76: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Valencia 57: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Valencia 55: Tokyo leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Valencia 42: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Valencia.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Valencia
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.

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoValencia
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m15 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoValencia
City population14,264,798840,792
People per km²6,5016,242
Museums within 10 km19245
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.