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The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Tromso 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 Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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. Tromso 8, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Tromso 36, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Tromso 27, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Tromso 38, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tromso 92, Valletta 56: Tromso leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Tromso 14, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Tromso 45, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Tromso 60, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Tromso 15, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Tromso 11, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tromso 32, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tromso 38, Valletta 32: Tromso leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tromso and Valletta.

Your match

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

Tromso
35match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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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TromsoValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTromsoValletta
Official languageNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, SámiEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyNorwegian Krone (NOK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 113, fire 110112
Elevation20 m56 m
Main airportTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTromsoValletta
City population79,9435,197
People per km²326,496
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.