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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Bath 10, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Valletta 56: Bath leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Valletta 76: Bath leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Valletta 62: Bath leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Valletta 38: Bath leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath and Valletta are level on 44.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Valletta 32: Bath leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Valletta.

Your match

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

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathValletta
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m56 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathValletta
City population94,0925,197
People per km²3,2456,496
Museums within 10 km1716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.