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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • 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. Austin 30, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Valletta 55: Austin leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Valletta 46: Austin leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Valletta 56: Austin leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Valletta 38: Austin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Valletta 44: Austin leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Valletta 32: Austin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Valletta.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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AustinValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m56 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinValletta
City population961,8555,197
People per km²1,2176,496
Museums within 10 km2116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.