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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Gdansk 40, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Valletta 46: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Valletta 56: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Valletta 58: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Valletta 62: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Valletta 38: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Valletta 50: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Valletta 44: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Valletta 32: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Valletta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Gdansk
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Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Valletta
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Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskValletta
Official languagePolishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m56 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskValletta
City population487,8345,197
People per km²7146,496
Museums within 10 km3416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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). 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. 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.