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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Valletta 68: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Valletta 46: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Valletta 56: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Valletta 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Valletta 38: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Valletta 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Valletta.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
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.

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Fort LauderdaleValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleValletta
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
Elevation11 m56 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleValletta
City population182,7605,197
People per km²1,8296,496
Museums within 10 km616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.