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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • 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. Tokyo 40, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Valletta 55: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Valletta 76: Tokyo leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Valletta 46: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Valletta 56: Tokyo leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Valletta 76: Tokyo leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Valletta 58: Tokyo leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Valletta 62: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Valletta 38: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Valletta 44: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Valletta 32: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Valletta.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and wellness with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches 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.

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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TokyoValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoValletta
Official languageJapaneseEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m56 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoValletta
City population14,264,7985,197
People per km²6,5016,496
Museums within 10 km19216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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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.