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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • 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. Tokyo 40, Valparaiso 36: Tokyo leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Valparaiso 50: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Valparaiso 62: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Valparaiso 56: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Valparaiso 60: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Valparaiso 63: Tokyo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Valparaiso 33: Tokyo leads by 62 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Valparaiso 44: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Valparaiso 30: Tokyo leads by 69 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Valparaiso 38: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Valparaiso 18: Tokyo leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Valparaiso.

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 families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on 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

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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoValparaiso
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation6 m21 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoValparaiso
City population14,264,798296,655
People per km²6,5016,180
Museums within 10 km19217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. 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.