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The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Nuevo Vallarta 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 Nuevo Vallarta for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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. Nuevo Vallarta 84, Valletta 68: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Nuevo Vallarta 40, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Nuevo Vallarta 6, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 70 points.
Nightlife. Nuevo Vallarta 16, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nuevo Vallarta 75, Valletta 56: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Nuevo Vallarta 58, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Nuevo Vallarta 73, Valletta 58: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Nuevo Vallarta 25, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Nuevo Vallarta 22, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Nuevo Vallarta 45, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nuevo Vallarta 18, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nuevo Vallarta 55, Valletta 32: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nuevo Vallarta and Valletta.

Your match

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

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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.

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNuevo VallartaValletta
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
Elevation3 m56 m
Main airportPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNuevo VallartaValletta
City population1,3015,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.