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The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Toronto 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 Toronto for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valletta for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Toronto 34, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Toronto 70, Valletta 55: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Toronto 50, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Toronto 62, Valletta 46: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Toronto 52, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Toronto 50, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Toronto 74, Valletta 58: Toronto leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Toronto 65, Valletta 62: Toronto leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Toronto 66, Valletta 38: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Toronto 34, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Toronto 72, Valletta 44: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Toronto 33, Valletta 32: Toronto leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Toronto and Valletta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Toronto
55match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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.

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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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TorontoValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTorontoValletta
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation76 m56 m
Main airportToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTorontoValletta
City population2,794,3565,197
People per km²4,4346,496
Museums within 10 km3216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month6 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.