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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Valencia or Zagreb?

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
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Valencia leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Zagreb 55: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Zagreb 56: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Valencia 66, Zagreb 47: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Zagreb 60: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Valencia 75, Zagreb 52: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Zagreb 70: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Zagreb 40: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Zagreb 52: Valencia leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Zagreb 33: Valencia leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Zagreb.

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 families with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices and 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaZagreb
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation15 m127 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaZagreb
City population840,792767,131
People per km²6,242-
Museums within 10 km4527
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.