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Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Valletta or Windhoek?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Valletta leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Valletta 55, Windhoek 36: Valletta leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Valletta 76, Windhoek 30: Valletta leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Valletta 46, Windhoek 25: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valletta 56, Windhoek 52: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Valletta 76, Windhoek 14: Valletta leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Valletta 58, Windhoek 30: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Valletta 62, Windhoek 22: Valletta leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Valletta 38, Windhoek 30: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Valletta 50, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valletta 44, Windhoek 18: Valletta leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valletta 32, Windhoek 30: Valletta leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valletta and Windhoek.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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VallettaWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVallettaWindhoek
Official languageEnglish, MalteseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation56 m1,650 m
Main airportMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureVallettaWindhoek
City population5,197486,169
People per km²6,49695
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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.