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Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach for

  • shopping
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • 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. Newport Beach 70, Valletta 68: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Newport Beach 50, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Newport Beach 20, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Newport Beach 33, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Newport Beach 66, Valletta 56: Newport Beach leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Newport Beach 70, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Newport Beach 80, Valletta 58: Newport Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Newport Beach 20, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Newport Beach 62, Valletta 38: Newport Beach leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Newport Beach 15, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Newport Beach 46, Valletta 44: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Newport Beach 44, Valletta 32: Newport Beach leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Newport Beach and Valletta.

Your match

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

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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Newport BeachValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNewport BeachValletta
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
Elevation3 m56 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNewport BeachValletta
City population85,2395,197
People per km²6226,496
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.