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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Los Angeles 60, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Valletta 55: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Valletta 46: Los Angeles leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Valletta 56: Los Angeles leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Valletta 58: Los Angeles leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Valletta 38: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Valletta 44: Los Angeles leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Valletta 32: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Valletta.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Los AngelesValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation106 m56 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesValletta
City population3,898,7475,197
People per km²2,9946,496
Museums within 10 km3916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.