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Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Strasbourg 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 Strasbourg for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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. Strasbourg 10, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Strasbourg 66, Valletta 55: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Strasbourg 70, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Strasbourg 40, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Strasbourg 62, Valletta 56: Strasbourg leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Strasbourg 80, Valletta 76: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Strasbourg 66, Valletta 58: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Strasbourg 79, Valletta 62: Strasbourg leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Strasbourg 52, Valletta 38: Strasbourg leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Strasbourg 44, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Strasbourg 56, Valletta 44: Strasbourg leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Strasbourg 55, Valletta 32: Strasbourg leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Strasbourg and Valletta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Valletta
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.

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureStrasbourgValletta
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation132 m56 m
Main airportStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureStrasbourgValletta
City population293,7715,197
People per km²3,7526,496
Museums within 10 km2116
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.