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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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. Avignon 22, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Valletta 55: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Valletta 56: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Valletta 76: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Avignon and Valletta are level on 62.
Shopping & style. Avignon and Valletta are level on 38.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Valletta 44: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Valletta 32: Avignon leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Valletta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Avignon
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Avignon has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonValletta
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonValletta
City population92,1885,197
People per km²1,4206,496
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.