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Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Valletta or Vienna?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Valletta leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Valletta 55, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Valletta 76, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Valletta 46, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valletta 56, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Valletta 76, Vienna 74: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Valletta 58, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Valletta 62, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Valletta 38, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Valletta 50, Vienna 44: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valletta 44, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valletta 32, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valletta and Vienna.

Your match

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

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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VallettaVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVallettaVienna
Official languageEnglish, MalteseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation56 m151 m
Main airportMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureVallettaVienna
City population5,1972,028,289
People per km²6,4964,890
Museums within 10 km16152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.