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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Valencia or Virginia Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

Virginia Beach does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Virginia Beach 42: Valencia leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Virginia Beach 30: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Valencia 66, Virginia Beach 37: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Virginia Beach 56: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Virginia Beach 64: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Valencia and Virginia Beach are level on 75.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Virginia Beach 27: Valencia leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Virginia Beach 32: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Virginia Beach 40: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Virginia Beach 38: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Virginia Beach 32: Valencia leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ValenciaVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaVirginia Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation15 m7 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaVirginia Beach
City population840,792459,470
People per km²6,242-
Museums within 10 km452
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.