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The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Valencia 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 Valencia for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Valletta for

  • 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. Valencia 78, Valletta 68: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Valencia 74, Valletta 55: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Valencia 68, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Valencia 66, Valletta 46: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valencia 60, Valletta 56: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Valencia 70, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Valencia 75, Valletta 58: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Valencia 76, Valletta 62: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Valencia 57, Valletta 38: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Valencia 57, Valletta 50: Valencia leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valencia 55, Valletta 44: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valencia 42, Valletta 32: Valencia leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valencia and Valletta.

Your match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureValenciaValletta
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation15 m56 m
Main airportValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureValenciaValletta
City population840,7925,197
People per km²6,2426,496
Museums within 10 km4516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.