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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Luxor 6, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Valletta 76: Luxor leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Valletta 50: Luxor leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 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: Luxor and Valletta.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Luxor 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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorValletta
Official languageArabicEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation89 m56 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorValletta
City population202,2325,197
People per km²4866,496
Museums within 10 km416
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). 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. 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. 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.