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Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Palm 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 Palm Beach for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Valletta for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Palm Beach 82, Valletta 68: Palm Beach leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Valletta 56: Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Valletta 58: Palm Beach leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Valletta 38: Palm Beach leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Valletta 44: Palm Beach leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Valletta 32: Palm Beach leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Valletta.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 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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Palm BeachValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachValletta
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 airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachValletta
City population9,2455,197
People per km²3226,496
Museums within 10 km416
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.