We lived a year in Sevilla, Spain and I thought it would be good to compare and contrast.
Similarities
They're both Spanish speaking countries.
The walking path along the beach in Chile is similar to the walking path along the Guadalquivir Canal in Sevilla. I have used both for my regular runs.
Spicy food is not popular in either country.
Milk is sold at room temperature and in a sealed cardboard box.
Both have decent public transit.
Both have a lot of natural beauty.
It doesn't rain much here in Vina del Mar. Nor does it rain much in Sevilla.
Both have popular professional soccer leagues.
Differences
The Spanish is different. The 's' sound is suppressed in a lot of words. Endings of words are swallowed or dropped altogether.
Chile has the ocean. Sevilla even though it has the river(s), is pretty arid and landlocked.
Related, Chile can have tsunamis.
Chile was a Spanish colony. Spain is just... Spain. The colonizer.
Chile is less historic and just younger than Sevilla. No 800 year old churches or 2000 year old Roman ruins. Related, if you come to visit, it's mostly just a beach town. A lot like the US.
Chile is geographically isolated.
Chile uses the Chilean Peso, 1 US dollar = 960 Chilean pesos. Spain uses the Euro.
ATMs are expensive here, like an $8 use fee. The ATM we used in Spain was free.
Temperatures are more moderate here throughout the entire year than those in Sevilla. It's generally warmer in the winter than Sevilla and significantly cooler in the summer than Sevilla.
Indoor shopping malls are very popular here. There was really only one significant shopping mall in Sevilla and it wasn't fully enclosed.
Sevilla had a much wider variety of fruits and vegetables available in the grocery stores.
Beer was very popular in Sevilla. You could even buy beer in McDonalds. Not so much here.
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Obligatory sunset photo,
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