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The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Krakow 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 Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches

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. Krakow 9, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Krakow and Valletta are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Krakow 77, Valletta 76: Krakow leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Krakow 68, Valletta 46: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Krakow 62, Valletta 56: Krakow leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Krakow and Valletta are level on 76.
Good for families. Krakow and Valletta are level on 58.
Getting around. Krakow 74, Valletta 62: Krakow leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Krakow 48, Valletta 38: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Krakow 72, Valletta 50: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Krakow 55, Valletta 44: Krakow leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Krakow 36, Valletta 32: Krakow leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Krakow and Valletta.

Your match

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

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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KrakowValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKrakowValletta
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
Elevation219 m56 m
Main airportKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKrakowValletta
City population804,2375,197
People per km²2,4596,496
Museums within 10 km11316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
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). 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. 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.

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.