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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Valencia or Warsaw?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Valencia leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Warsaw 60: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Valencia and Warsaw are level on 66.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Warsaw 47: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Warsaw 52: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Valencia 75, Warsaw 62: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Warsaw 72: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Warsaw 55: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Warsaw 35: Valencia leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Warsaw.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaWarsaw
Official languageSpanishPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation15 m118 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaWarsaw
City population840,7921,862,402
People per km²6,2423,601
Museums within 10 km45117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.