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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Bodrum 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 Bodrum for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

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. Bodrum 80, Valletta 68: Bodrum leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Valletta 55: Bodrum leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Valletta 46: Bodrum leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Valletta 56: Bodrum leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Valletta 58: Bodrum leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Valletta 38: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Valletta 32: Bodrum leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Valletta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bodrum
55match

Wins on wellness and nightlife with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumValletta
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumValletta
City population175,0005,197
People per km²3146,496
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.