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Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Valletta or York?

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
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Valletta leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Valletta 55, York 42: Valletta leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Valletta 76, York 70: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Valletta 46, York 36: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Valletta 56, York 62: York leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Valletta 76, York 80: York leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Valletta 58, York 60: York leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Valletta 62, York 72: York leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Valletta 38, York 46: York leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Valletta 50, York 38: Valletta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Valletta 44, York 38: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Valletta 32, York 34: York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Valletta and York.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureVallettaYork
Official languageEnglish, MalteseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation56 m25 m
Main airportMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureVallettaYork
City population5,197208,400
People per km²6,496766
Museums within 10 km1624
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.