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The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

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

Denver 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 Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Denver 5, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Denver 54, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Denver 44, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Denver 47, Valletta 46: Denver leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Denver 84, Valletta 56: Denver leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Denver 57, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Denver 67, Valletta 58: Denver leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Denver 40, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Denver 44, Valletta 38: Denver leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Denver 36, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Denver 66, Valletta 44: Denver leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Denver 40, Valletta 32: Denver leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Denver and Valletta.

Your match

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

Denver
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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DenverValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDenverValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,609 m56 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDenverValletta
City population715,5225,197
People per km²1,7836,496
Museums within 10 km2616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.