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The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

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

Halifax 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 Halifax for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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. Halifax 32, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Halifax 50, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Halifax 42, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Halifax and Valletta are level on 46.
Nature & outdoors. Halifax 62, Valletta 56: Halifax leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Halifax 63, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Halifax 55, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Halifax 48, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Halifax 35, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Halifax 38, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Halifax 46, Valletta 44: Halifax leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Halifax 28, Valletta 32: Valletta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Halifax and Valletta.

Your match

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

Halifax
45match

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.

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °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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HalifaxValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHalifaxValletta
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation28 m56 m
Main airportHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHalifaxValletta
City population440,0725,197
People per km²806,496
Museums within 10 km1516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.