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A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Valparaiso or Xi'an?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Valparaiso leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Valparaiso 50, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Valparaiso 62, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Valparaiso 56, Xi'an 42: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valparaiso 60, Xi'an 62: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Valparaiso 63, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Valparaiso 33, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Valparaiso 44, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Valparaiso 30, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Valparaiso 60, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valparaiso 38, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valparaiso 18, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valparaiso and Xi'an.

Your match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValparaisoXi'an
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation21 m405 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureValparaisoXi'an
City population296,65512,952,907
People per km²6,1801,283
Museums within 10 km179
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.