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Madrid vs Valencia for working from cafes
The two score almost the same overall (3.13 and 3.17), so it comes down to laptops: 75% of the cafes we judged in Valencia welcome one, against 57% in Madrid. Madrid is not behind on everything: 58% of Madrid cafes are still open at 9pm, against 45% in Valencia. Read the percentages with their denominators: Valencia has 30 cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict and 40 with a laptop verdict, against 39 and 44 in Madrid, so the Valencia shares move on a handful of places.
| Measure | Madrid | Valencia |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes read | 195 | 188 |
| Average score | 3.13 | 3.17 |
| Fast Wi-Fi | 26 of 39 with a Wi-Fi verdict (67%) | 23 of 30 with a Wi-Fi verdict (77%) |
| Laptop friendly | 25 of 44 judged (57%) | 30 of 40 judged (75%) |
| Open at 9pm | 114 of 195 read (58%) | 84 of 188 read (45%) |
| Open 24 hours | 1 | 5 |
Wi-Fi and laptop shares are counted against the cafes that carry that verdict, not against every cafe in the city. The denominators are in the cells for that reason.
What each city is good for
Madrid
Madrid is the bigger catalogue of the two, 195 cafes read against 188. Where it pulls ahead: 58% of Madrid cafes are still open at 9pm, against 45% in Valencia.
Valencia
Valencia is the smaller catalogue of the two, 188 cafes read against 195, so expect a shorter list rather than a worse one. Where it pulls ahead: its cafes average 3.17 against 3.13, and 75% of the cafes we judged in Valencia are laptop friendly, against 57% in Madrid, and 77% of the cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict in Valencia are fast, against 67% in Madrid.
Madrid and Valencia, answered
- Is Madrid or Valencia better for working from cafes?
- The two score almost the same overall (3.13 and 3.17), so it comes down to laptops: 75% of the cafes we judged in Valencia welcome one, against 57% in Madrid. Madrid is not behind on everything: 58% of Madrid cafes are still open at 9pm, against 45% in Valencia. Read the percentages with their denominators: Valencia has 30 cafes with a Wi-Fi verdict and 40 with a laptop verdict, against 39 and 44 in Madrid, so the Valencia shares move on a handful of places.
- Which has more cafes open late, Madrid or Valencia?
- Madrid has 114 cafes still open at 9pm out of 195 read (58%), and Valencia has 84 out of 188 (45%). Round the clock is rarer: 1 in Madrid, 5 in Valencia. Closing times come from each venue's own hours rather than from an estimate.
- How reliable are these Wi-Fi and laptop numbers?
- They are shares of a subset, never of the whole catalogue. A Wi-Fi verdict exists for 39 of the 195 cafes in Madrid and 30 of the 188 in Valencia; a laptop verdict for 44 and 40. A percentage taken from a few dozen places moves a lot on one new review, so compare the counts before the percentages.
Other comparisons are listed at the bottom of every city we have read.