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Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Valletta or Yogyakarta?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Valletta leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Valletta 55, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Valletta 76, Yogyakarta 68: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Valletta 46, Yogyakarta 32: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valletta 56, Yogyakarta 72: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Valletta 76, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Valletta 58, Yogyakarta 40: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Valletta 62, Yogyakarta 35: Valletta leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Valletta 38, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Valletta 50, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valletta 44, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valletta 32, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valletta and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Valletta
55match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

Wins on prices 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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureVallettaYogyakarta
Official languageEnglish, MalteseIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation56 m113 m
Main airportMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureVallettaYogyakarta
City population5,197422,732
People per km²6,49613,007
Museums within 10 km1638
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.