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Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Valletta or Victoria?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Valletta leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Valletta 55, Victoria 50: Valletta leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Valletta 76, Victoria 42: Valletta leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Valletta 46, Victoria 30: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valletta 56, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Valletta 76, Victoria 54: Valletta leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Valletta 58, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Valletta 62, Victoria 60: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Valletta 38, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Valletta 50, Victoria 34: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valletta 44, Victoria 40: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valletta 32, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valletta and Victoria.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVallettaVictoria
Official languageEnglish, MalteseFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation56 m23 m
Main airportMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureVallettaVictoria
City population5,19791,867
People per km²6,4964,711
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.