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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Valencia or Verona?

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 Valencia for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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. Valencia 78, Verona 44: Valencia leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Verona 66: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Verona 76: Verona leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Valencia 66, Verona 37: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Verona 65: Verona leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Verona 92: Verona leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Valencia 75, Verona 66: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Verona 68: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Verona 52: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Verona 46: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Verona 66: Verona leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Verona 48: Verona leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Verona.

Your match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaVerona
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation15 m59 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaVerona
City population840,792255,588
People per km²6,2421,285
Museums within 10 km4518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.