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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Toronto 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 Toronto for

  • families
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Toronto 34, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Valparaiso 50: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Valparaiso 56: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto 52, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Valparaiso 33: Toronto leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Valparaiso 44: Toronto leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Valparaiso 30: Toronto leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Valparaiso 38: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Valparaiso 18: Toronto leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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

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. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoValparaiso
Official languageFrench, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation76 m21 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoValparaiso
City population2,794,356296,655
People per km²4,4346,180
Museums within 10 km3217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

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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.