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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

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. Miami 90, Valletta 68: Miami leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Valletta 55: Miami leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Valletta 46: Miami leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Valletta 56: Miami leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Valletta 58: Miami leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Valletta 38: Miami leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Valletta 44: Miami leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Valletta 32: Miami leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Valletta.

Your match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on day trips 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.

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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MiamiValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2 m56 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiValletta
City population442,2415,197
People per km²3,0466,496
Museums within 10 km1716
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). 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.