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Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

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

Innsbruck 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 Innsbruck for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Innsbruck 20, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Innsbruck 40, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Innsbruck 58, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Innsbruck 38, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Innsbruck 96, Valletta 56: Innsbruck leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Innsbruck 72, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Innsbruck 62, Valletta 58: Innsbruck leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Innsbruck 78, Valletta 62: Innsbruck leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Innsbruck and Valletta are level on 38.
Affordability. Innsbruck 38, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Innsbruck 45, Valletta 44: Innsbruck leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Innsbruck 45, Valletta 32: Innsbruck leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Innsbruck and Valletta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Valletta
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.

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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InnsbruckValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureInnsbruckValletta
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation574 m56 m
Main airportInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureInnsbruckValletta
City population132,4995,197
People per km²1,2636,496
Museums within 10 km2816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.