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Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Valletta or Virginia Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Valletta 55, Virginia Beach 42: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Valletta 76, Virginia Beach 30: Valletta leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Valletta 46, Virginia Beach 37: Valletta leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valletta and Virginia Beach are level on 56.
Day trips. Valletta 76, Virginia Beach 64: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Valletta 58, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Valletta 62, Virginia Beach 27: Valletta leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Valletta 38, Virginia Beach 32: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Valletta 50, Virginia Beach 40: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valletta 44, Virginia Beach 38: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valletta and Virginia Beach are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valletta and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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VallettaVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVallettaVirginia Beach
Official languageEnglish, Maltese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation56 m7 m
Main airportMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVallettaVirginia Beach
City population5,197459,470
People per km²6,496-
Museums within 10 km162
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.