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A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Valparaiso or Vienna?

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 Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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. Valparaiso 36, Vienna 27: Valparaiso leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Valparaiso 50, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Valparaiso 62, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Valparaiso 56, Vienna 50: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valparaiso 60, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Valparaiso 63, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Valparaiso 33, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Valparaiso 44, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Valparaiso 30, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Valparaiso 60, Vienna 44: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valparaiso 38, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valparaiso 18, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valparaiso and Vienna.

Your match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 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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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValparaisoVienna
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112
Elevation21 m151 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureValparaisoVienna
City population296,6552,028,289
People per km²6,1804,890
Museums within 10 km17152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.