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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Valletta?

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 Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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. Acapulco 80, Valletta 68: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco and Valletta are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Valletta 46: Acapulco leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Valletta 50: Acapulco leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco and Valletta are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Valletta.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoValletta
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m56 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoValletta
City population658,6095,197
People per km²3506,496
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.