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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Valencia or Victoria Falls?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Valencia leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Victoria Falls 24: Valencia leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Victoria Falls 12: Valencia leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Valencia 66, Victoria Falls 8: Valencia leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Victoria Falls 22: Valencia leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Valencia 75, Victoria Falls 38: Valencia leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Victoria Falls 45: Valencia leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Victoria Falls 18: Valencia leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Victoria Falls 32: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Victoria Falls 10: Valencia leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Victoria Falls 34: Valencia leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Victoria Falls.

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.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ValenciaVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaVictoria Falls
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112999
Elevation15 m961 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaVictoria Falls
City population840,79233,060
People per km²6,242-
Museums within 10 km452
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.