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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Genoa 62, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Valletta 55: Genoa leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa and Valletta are level on 76.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Valletta 56: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Valletta 76: Genoa leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Valletta 58: Genoa leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Valletta 62: Genoa leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Valletta 38: Genoa leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Valletta 50: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Valletta 44: Genoa leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Valletta 32: Genoa leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Valletta.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaValletta
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
Elevation20 m56 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaValletta
City population558,7455,197
People per km²2,3256,496
Museums within 10 km5116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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. 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.