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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Portland 20, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Valletta 55: Portland leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Valletta 46: Portland leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Valletta 56: Portland leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Portland 55, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Portland and Valletta are level on 62.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Valletta 38: Portland leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Valletta 44: Portland leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Valletta 32: Portland leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Valletta.

Your match

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

Portland
52match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 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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PortlandValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation152 m56 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandValletta
City population652,5035,197
People per km²1,7366,496
Museums within 10 km1716
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). 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.