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A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Valparaiso or York?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Valparaiso 50, York 42: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Valparaiso 62, York 70: York leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Valparaiso 56, York 36: Valparaiso leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valparaiso 60, York 62: York leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Valparaiso 63, York 80: York leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Valparaiso 33, York 60: York leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Valparaiso 44, York 72: York leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Valparaiso 30, York 46: York leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Valparaiso 60, York 38: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valparaiso and York are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Valparaiso 18, York 34: York leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valparaiso and York.

Your match

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

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and families 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

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). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValparaisoYork
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyChilean Peso (CLP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCL220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132112 or 999
Elevation21 m25 m
Main airportComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureValparaisoYork
City population296,655208,400
People per km²6,180766
Museums within 10 km1724
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.