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Ubud or Valletta?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
Ubud

Photo: Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Valletta from the water, Valletta
Valletta

Photo: Pho Tomass, Pexels License

Your match

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Ubud
54
match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Valletta
55
match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

UbudValletta
Beaches & swimming. Valletta leads by 28 points.28
Food & drink. Ubud and Valletta are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Valletta leads by 18 points.18
Nightlife. Valletta leads by 32 points.32
Nature & outdoors. Ubud leads by 20 points.20
Day trips. Valletta leads by 8 points.8
Good for families. Valletta leads by 14 points.14
Getting around. Valletta leads by 52 points.52
Shopping & style. Ubud leads by 12 points.12
Affordability. Ubud leads by 32 points.32
Live music & performing arts. Ubud leads by 11 points.11
Wellness & relaxation. Ubud leads by 64 points.64
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ubud and Valletta.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyUbudValletta
Daytime high29 °C32 °C
Night-time low24 °C22 °C
Rainfall in the month27 mm0 mm
Sunshine9 hours a day12 hours a day
Sea temperature27 °C25 °C
Daylight12 hours a day14 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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M
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Daytime high, °C
Ubud
31
31
31
31
31
30
29
29
30
31
32
31
Valletta
16
16
17
20
24
29
32
32
29
25
21
17
Sea temperature, °C
Ubud
29
29
29
29
28
28
27
26
27
27
28
29
Valletta
16
15
15
16
19
22
25
27
26
24
21
18
Rainfall, mm
Ubud
396
289
222
125
76
38
27
12
30
74
132
295
Valletta
80
72
39
19
10
5
0
10
63
74
90
85
Daylight, hours per day
Ubud
13
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
Valletta
10
11
12
13
14
15
14
14
12
11
10
10
Sunshine, hours per day
Ubud
7
6
7
8
9
8
9
9
9
9
8
6
Valletta
6
6
7
8
10
11
12
11
8
7
6
5

Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromUbudValletta
FrankfurtFRA, HHN
14 h 45 m
€655-1139
1 stop
DPS · 29 km
2 h 35 m
no fares
MLA · 6 km
IstanbulIST, SAW
12 h 50 m
€633-726
DPS · 29 km
2 h 15 m
€177-222
MLA · 6 km
WarsawWAW, WMI
13 h 40 m
€782-910
3 stops
DPS · 29 km
2 h 55 m
€78-100
MLA · 6 km
DubaiDXB, DWC
9 h 30 m
€461-573
1 stop
DPS · 29 km
5 h 25 m
no fares
MLA · 6 km
AmsterdamAMS
15 h 0 m
€615-646
DPS · 29 km
3 h 0 m
€205-271
1 stop
MLA · 6 km
DohaDOH
9 h 55 m
€774-911
2 stops
DPS · 29 km
5 h 0 m
no fares
MLA · 6 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-10 to 2026-12, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureUbudValletta
Official languageIndonesianEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyRupiah (IDR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation210 m56 m
Main airportDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureUbudValletta
City population-6,444
People per km²-8,055
Museums within 10 km1415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.