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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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. Salzburg 35, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg 86, Valletta 56: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Valletta 76: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Valletta 58: Salzburg leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Valletta 62: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Valletta 38: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Valletta 44: Salzburg leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Valletta 32: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Valletta.

Your match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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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SalzburgValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgValletta
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation424 m56 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgValletta
City population155,0215,197
People per km²2,3606,496
Museums within 10 km3816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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.