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The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Plovdiv 7, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Plovdiv 50, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Plovdiv 66, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Plovdiv 42, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Plovdiv 68, Valletta 56: Plovdiv leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Plovdiv 70, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Plovdiv 40, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Plovdiv 65, Valletta 62: Plovdiv leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Plovdiv 33, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Plovdiv 78, Valletta 50: Plovdiv leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Plovdiv 42, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Plovdiv 44, Valletta 32: Plovdiv leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Plovdiv and Valletta.

Your match

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

Plovdiv
50match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Plovdiv has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePlovdivValletta
Official languageBulgarianEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation172 m56 m
Main airportPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePlovdivValletta
City population333,9945,197
People per km²3,2746,496
Museums within 10 km1816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.