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Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

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

Ottawa 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 Ottawa for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Ottawa 35, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Ottawa 45, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Ottawa 62, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Ottawa 35, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ottawa 68, Valletta 56: Ottawa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Ottawa 55, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Ottawa 68, Valletta 58: Ottawa leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Ottawa and Valletta are level on 62.
Shopping & style. Ottawa 40, Valletta 38: Ottawa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ottawa 40, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ottawa 52, Valletta 44: Ottawa leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ottawa 55, Valletta 32: Ottawa leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ottawa and Valletta.

Your match

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

Ottawa
51match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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OttawaValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOttawaValletta
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation70 m56 m
Main airportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOttawaValletta
City population1,017,4495,197
People per km²3666,496
Museums within 10 km2016
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). 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.