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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Positano 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 Positano for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • families

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. Positano 77, Valletta 68: Positano leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Valletta 56: Positano leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Valletta 76: Positano leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Valletta 38: Positano leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano 15, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Valletta 32: Positano leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Valletta.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoValletta
Official languageItalianEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation142 m56 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoValletta
City population3,7295,197
People per km²4296,496
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.