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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Charleston 72, Valletta 68: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Valletta 55: Charleston leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Valletta 58: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Valletta 38: Charleston leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Valletta 32: Charleston leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston 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

Charleston
53match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on prices 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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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CharlestonValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m56 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonValletta
City population150,2275,197
People per km²5326,496
Museums within 10 km1916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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.