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The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Mexico City 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 Mexico City for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Mexico City 5, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Mexico City 90, Valletta 55: Mexico City leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Mexico City 88, Valletta 76: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Mexico City 80, Valletta 46: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mexico City 50, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Mexico City 75, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Mexico City and Valletta are level on 58.
Getting around. Mexico City 50, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Mexico City 76, Valletta 38: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Mexico City 75, Valletta 50: Mexico City leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mexico City 72, Valletta 44: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mexico City 40, Valletta 32: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mexico City and Valletta.

Your match

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

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Mexico CityValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMexico CityValletta
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,240 m56 m
Main airportMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMexico CityValletta
City population9,209,9445,197
People per km²6,2026,496
Museums within 10 km10816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63
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). 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. 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.