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Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Salvador 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 Salvador for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • 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. Salvador 84, Valletta 68: Salvador leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Salvador 66, Valletta 55: Salvador leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Salvador 74, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Salvador 70, Valletta 46: Salvador leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salvador 52, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Salvador 56, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Salvador 42, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Salvador 42, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Salvador 42, Valletta 38: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Salvador 70, Valletta 50: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salvador 63, Valletta 44: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salvador and Valletta are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salvador and Valletta.

Your match

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

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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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SalvadorValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalvadorValletta
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation8 m56 m
Main airportDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalvadorValletta
City population2,417,6785,197
People per km²3,4896,496
Museums within 10 km4916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.