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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bangkok 12, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Valletta 55: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Valletta 76: Bangkok leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Valletta 46: Bangkok leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Valletta 38: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Valletta 50: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Valletta 44: Bangkok leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Valletta 32: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Valletta.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 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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BangkokValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokValletta
Official languageThaiEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation2 m56 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokValletta
City population5,676,6485,197
People per km²3,6196,496
Museums within 10 km5916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.