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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Paris 9, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Valletta 55: Paris leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Valletta 76: Paris leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Valletta 46: Paris leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, Valletta 76: Paris leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Valletta 58: Paris leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Valletta 62: Paris leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Valletta 38: Paris leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Valletta 44: Paris leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Valletta 32: Paris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Valletta.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisValletta
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation27 m56 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisValletta
City population2,103,7785,197
People per km²19,9606,496
Museums within 10 km25116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.