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Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Valletta or Valparaiso?

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 Valletta for

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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. Valletta 68, Valparaiso 36: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Valletta 55, Valparaiso 50: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Valletta 76, Valparaiso 62: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Valletta 46, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valletta 56, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Valletta 76, Valparaiso 63: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Valletta 58, Valparaiso 33: Valletta leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Valletta 62, Valparaiso 44: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Valletta 38, Valparaiso 30: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Valletta 50, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valletta 44, Valparaiso 38: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valletta 32, Valparaiso 18: Valletta leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valletta and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife 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.

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVallettaValparaiso
Official languageEnglish, MalteseSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation56 m21 m
Main airportMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureVallettaValparaiso
City population5,197296,655
People per km²6,4966,180
Museums within 10 km1617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.