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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

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. Florence 14, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Valletta 55: Florence leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Valletta 76: Florence leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Valletta 56: Florence leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Valletta 76: Florence leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Valletta 62: Florence leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Valletta 38: Florence leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Valletta 44: Florence leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Valletta 32: Florence leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Valletta.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Valletta
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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceValletta
Official languageItalianEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m56 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceValletta
City population360,9305,197
People per km²3,5286,496
Museums within 10 km14116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.