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The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Krabi 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 Krabi for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • 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. Krabi 87, Valletta 68: Krabi leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Krabi 50, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Krabi 20, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Krabi 33, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krabi 85, Valletta 56: Krabi leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Krabi 40, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Krabi 55, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Krabi 30, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Krabi 20, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Krabi 78, Valletta 50: Krabi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krabi 12, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krabi 72, Valletta 32: Krabi leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krabi and Valletta.

Your match

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

Krabi
49match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Krabi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
212 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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

Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Krabi 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrabiValletta
Official languageThaiEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation16 m56 m
Main airportKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrabiValletta
City population30,4995,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km016
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.