Climate
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria logs 2 hot days a year to Valencia's 49 — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria wins by 47. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria also leads on sunny days by 64.
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Valencia
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Cost of Living
Valencia is $228/mo cheaperLas Palmas de Gran Canaria runs about $1,982/mo for a balanced lifestyle against Valencia's $1,754/mo — Valencia comes in $228 cheaper each month, roughly 13% less.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
$1,982monthly · balanced
Valencia
$1,754monthly · balanced
Mobility
On mobility, Valencia scores 3.4 vs Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's 3.0 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on cycling infrastructure.
Culture
Valencia's culture score of 3.6 sits well above Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's 2.4, with the biggest gap on history museums.
Nature & Outdoors
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Valencia score neck-and-neck on nature & outdoors (4.5 vs 4.5, 0–5 scale).
Safety
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's safety score of 3.6 sits well above Valencia's 3.3, with the biggest gap on flooding safety.
Career
Valencia's career score of 2.9 sits well above Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's 2.0, with the biggest gap on economic scale.
Social & Community
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's social & community score of 3.2 sits well above Valencia's 3.0, with the biggest gap on everyday english. Valencia still holds an edge on expat-first community.
Food & Dining
On food & dining, Valencia scores 3.4 vs Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's 2.2 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on food delivery.
Family
On family, Valencia scores 3.2 vs Las Palmas de Gran Canaria's 2.4 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on universities. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria still holds an edge on supermarkets.
Healthcare
On healthcare, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria scores 3.7 vs Valencia's 3.0 (0–5 scale), with the biggest gap on public healthcare quality.
Air Quality
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria averages 8.5 µg/m³ (good) PM2.5 annually versus Valencia's 10.3 µg/m³ (moderate) — Las Palmas de Gran Canaria breathes ~17% cleaner air (1.8 µg/m³ lower).
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City Scale
Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (378K) and Valencia (1.4M) are 3.7x in population — Valencia is the larger metro, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the smaller; on land area Valencia spans roughly 4.4x more ground.
Valencia is roughly 4.0x the scale of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Combined population & area comparison
ValenciaLas Palmas de Gran CanariaCity Scale Rankings
Valencia1.4M3.7xLas Palmas de Gran Canaria378K1xValencia223 km²4.4xLas Palmas de Gran Canaria51 km²1xLas Palmas de Gran Canaria
Valencia
Who Thrives Here
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria favours the english speaker, while Valencia suits the foodie. Both cities work well for the escaping weather.
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