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Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Seville 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 Seville for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Seville 18, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Seville 73, Valletta 55: Seville leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Seville 82, Valletta 76: Seville leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Seville 62, Valletta 46: Seville leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seville 52, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Seville 80, Valletta 76: Seville leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Seville 55, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Seville 72, Valletta 62: Seville leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Seville 55, Valletta 38: Seville leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Seville 58, Valletta 50: Seville leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seville 68, Valletta 44: Seville leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seville 40, Valletta 32: Seville leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seville and Valletta.

Your match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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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SevilleValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSevilleValletta
Official languageSpanishEnglish, 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
Elevation18 m56 m
Main airportSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSevilleValletta
City population689,4235,197
People per km²4,8966,496
Museums within 10 km2416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.