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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • 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. Cadiz 80, Valletta 68: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Valletta 55: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Valletta 56: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Valletta 76: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Valletta 58: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Valletta 62: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Valletta 50: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Valletta 44: Cadiz leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Valletta 32: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Valletta.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °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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CadizValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizValletta
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m56 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizValletta
City population109,9505,197
People per km²9,0876,496
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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. 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.