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Malta vs Saint Lucia
Price level and homicide-based safety head to head, plus every ICP category both Malta and Saint Lucia publish. Statistics, not reviews.
1Visa-free traveltourist stays
Do I need a visa for Malta or Saint Lucia
Tourist entry rules in both directions: a passport from Malta travelling to Saint Lucia, and a passport from Saint Lucia travelling to Malta.
Tourist stays only, refreshed with each release. Long stays always need a consular check.
3Climate · capital cities
Weather and climate: Malta against Saint Lucia, month by month
How warm and how wet each month is, averaged over twenty years. Measured in Valletta and Castries — the capital city, not the whole country.
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Valletta · Malta Castries · Saint Lucia
Warmest
August (26.6°) vs September (28.6°)
Coldest
February — 13.9° vs 26.2°
Kinder months to visit
Apr–Jul, Sep–Dec in Valletta · no month in the mild band in Castries
“Kinder months” is our own reading: a mean of 15–26 °C with moderate rain, measured at the capital.
4The basket
25 price tags, Malta against Saint Lucia
World = 100, benchmark 2021 — sorted by the size of the gap. Diff is Saint Lucia relative to Malta.
Third column from the same series; a dash means the country publishes no value for that line.
Download CSV →3Price level · US = 100
on the price-level index · gap 17% · Saint Lucia cheaper
Moving to Saint Lucia
Moving to Saint Lucia buys breathing room — prices 14% lower across the board.
Moving to Malta
This move costs money: every $1,000 spent in Saint Lucia becomes about $1,170 in Malta.
Same life, other side
Spending of $3,453 a month — income per head in Malta — goes as far as about $2,960 in Saint Lucia. Income per head there is $1,118, 62% short of it — the move works better on a salary brought from elsewhere.
Amounts a month, before tax, scaled by the ratio of the two overall price levels — our own calculation.
Scorecard
A split table: Malta wins 3, Saint Lucia wins 4. The widest gap is income per head, a month, 209%.
Lower wins for prices and homicides, higher for income. Lines within 2% count as level.
6Three movers, three answersderived from the figures above
The earner
Wages usually track local prices: the 14% gap matters less when the paycheck is local too.
Saint LuciaThe remote worker
A salary pegged elsewhere buys more where prices are lower — here that is Saint Lucia.
Saint LuciaThe cautious
The homicide-based score is 65 points apart, favouring Malta.
Malta8Where this pair sits
Price twins
Malta’s price zone
Saint Lucia’s price zone
nearest price levels worldwide · tap to compare
Same lifestyle, new price
$1,000 in Saint Lucia buys what $1,168 buys in Malta
because the same basket of goods and services is priced 14% lower in Saint Lucia — 59.1 against 69.0 on the price-level index. The amount is a round sum for illustration, not a converted price.
average across the economy · estimate
Safety ranks · of 84
#2MALTA #78SAINT LUCIA
by homicide-based score, safest first
Malta’s safety zone
Saint Lucia’s safety zone
nearest world ranks · tap to compare
categories cheaper, of the 25 both countries publish · widest gap: Oils & fats +72%
9Reader verdict
Your call — which one fits you better?
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10What the numbers say
The split: cost favours Saint Lucia by 14%, the homicide-based score favours Malta by 65 points. Which matters more depends on whose paycheck crosses the border.
Editor’s note. Averages hide category stories: the widest single gap here is Oils & fats at +72%. Budget the move by category, not by the headline number.
Release v2026-08; homicide rates carry their own year per country. World ranks — #2 and #78 of 85 by score.
11FAQ
Is Malta cheaper than Saint Lucia?
Which has milder winters, Malta or Saint Lucia?
Which costs differ most between Malta and Saint Lucia?
Where are incomes higher, Malta or Saint Lucia?
12Keep exploring
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- Malta vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Malta vs Saint Lucia
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- Malta vs Serbia
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- Malta vs Slovenia
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- Malta vs Spain
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- Malta vs Switzerland
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All comparisons with Saint Lucia 74
- Saint Lucia vs Albania
- Saint Lucia vs Antigua and Barbuda
- Saint Lucia vs Argentina
- Saint Lucia vs Australia
- Saint Lucia vs Austria
- Saint Lucia vs Bahamas
- Saint Lucia vs Barbados
- Saint Lucia vs Belgium
- Saint Lucia vs Belize
- Saint Lucia vs Bolivia
- Saint Lucia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Saint Lucia vs Brazil
- Saint Lucia vs Bulgaria
- Saint Lucia vs Canada
- Saint Lucia vs Chile
- Saint Lucia vs Colombia
- Saint Lucia vs Costa Rica
- Saint Lucia vs Croatia
- Saint Lucia vs Cyprus
- Saint Lucia vs Czech Republic
- Saint Lucia vs Denmark
- Saint Lucia vs Dominica
- Saint Lucia vs Dominican Republic
- Saint Lucia vs Ecuador
- Saint Lucia vs El Salvador
- Saint Lucia vs Estonia
- Saint Lucia vs Fiji
- Saint Lucia vs Finland
- Saint Lucia vs France
- Saint Lucia vs Germany
- Saint Lucia vs Greece
- Saint Lucia vs Grenada
- Saint Lucia vs Guatemala
- Saint Lucia vs Guyana
- Saint Lucia vs Haiti
- Saint Lucia vs Honduras
- Saint Lucia vs Hungary
- Saint Lucia vs Iceland
- Saint Lucia vs Ireland
- Saint Lucia vs Italy
- Saint Lucia vs Jamaica
- Saint Lucia vs Kiribati
- Saint Lucia vs Latvia
- Saint Lucia vs Lithuania
- Saint Lucia vs Luxembourg
- Saint Lucia vs Malta
- Saint Lucia vs Marshall Islands
- Saint Lucia vs Mexico
- Saint Lucia vs Micronesia
- Saint Lucia vs Montenegro
- Saint Lucia vs Netherlands
- Saint Lucia vs New Zealand
- Saint Lucia vs Nicaragua
- Saint Lucia vs North Macedonia
- Saint Lucia vs Norway
- Saint Lucia vs Panama
- Saint Lucia vs Paraguay
- Saint Lucia vs Peru
- Saint Lucia vs Poland
- Saint Lucia vs Portugal
- Saint Lucia vs Romania
- Saint Lucia vs Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Saint Lucia vs Serbia
- Saint Lucia vs Slovakia
- Saint Lucia vs Slovenia
- Saint Lucia vs Spain
- Saint Lucia vs Suriname
- Saint Lucia vs Sweden
- Saint Lucia vs Switzerland
- Saint Lucia vs Trinidad and Tobago
- Saint Lucia vs United Kingdom
- Saint Lucia vs United States
- Saint Lucia vs Uruguay
12Compare
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13Sources & licences
Sources behind this comparison
Our calculations, not official figures.
Sources: World Bank WDI · ICP 2021 · UNODC via WDI · Passport Index · NASA POWER · Eurostat · BLS · Statistics Canada · release v2026-08
Rights holder: The World Bank · World Development Indicators, PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI · reference year 2025 · accessed 22 July 2026 · data.worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0, reuse subject to the World Bank Dataset Terms of Use. Values are reproduced as published; United States = 100 is the indicator’s own base. Every ranking, gap and comment is a Costely calculation. Note: The World Bank does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: The World Bank · International Comparison Program 2021, measure PX.WL · benchmark year 2021, published May 2024 · accessed 22 July 2026 · worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0 — commercial use permitted, subject to the World Bank Dataset Terms of Use. World = 100 — a different base from the summary index above; the two are deliberately not merged.
Rights holder: The World Bank (distribution); original data provider: UNODC (Intentional Homicide, UN-CTS) · WDI VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · latest available year per country, marked on the page · accessed 22 July 2026 · data.worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0 — these terms describe the World Bank distribution, not a licence we assign to UNODC data. Rates are reproduced exactly as published, per 100,000 population. Note: the homicide-based score — clamp(105 − 20·ln(1 + rate), 0, 100) — is our construction, not a World Bank or UNODC indicator, and covers intentional homicide only.
Rights holder: Passport Index (Arton Capital) · open dataset · accessed 8 August 2026 · passport-index-dataset · licence: MIT — commercial use permitted with attribution. Codes cover tourist stays only; day counts are reproduced as published. Note: entry rules change frequently — always confirm with the consulate before booking.
Rights holder: NASA Langley Research Center · POWER Project, MERRA-2 monthly climatology, T2M and PRECTOTCORR · averaging period January 2001 – December 2020 · accessed 13 August 2026 · power.larc.nasa.gov · U.S. Government work, public domain — free to use, including commercially. Each figure is the model grid cell containing the capital city, reproduced as published. Note: the capital is not the whole country, and the “kinder months to visit” band (15–26 °C mean, moderate rain) is a Costely reading, not a NASA recommendation. NASA does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly — median and mean gross monthly earnings, all employees, industry, construction and services except public administration · reference year 2022 · accessed 14 August 2026 · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Figures are reproduced as published; PPS values are Eurostat’s own adjustment for price differences between countries. Note: gross pay before tax and social contributions; the survey runs every four years, so 2022 is the latest wave. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Structure of earnings survey 2022 (earn_ses22_21), mean monthly earnings by occupation · mean gross monthly earnings in euro, enterprises with 10 employees or more, all ages, both sexes · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Earnings are reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: These are means, not medians, so large salaries pull them up; they are gross, before tax and social contributions. The survey runs every four years, so 2022 is the latest round. Occupations are the nine broad ISCO-08 groups — Europe publishes nothing finer, unlike the United States. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries. These are means, while the median wage card on the same page comes from the same survey but is a different measure, so the two figures will not match. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Purchasing power parities, price level indices by expenditure category (prc_ppp_ind) · EU27_2020 = 100, reference year 2024 · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Index values are reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: these are price levels, not prices — 100 is the EU average of the same year, so a value of 120 means dearer than the EU average by a fifth, and nothing about what a kilo costs. This measure is shown only when both countries of a pair are covered by Eurostat, which is the EU, EFTA and candidate countries; every other pair keeps the World Bank benchmark of 2021 on the World = 100 base, and the two must not be read against each other. A price level index says how a country compares with the EU average in the same year, not what anything costs. Values above 100 mean dearer than the EU average, below 100 cheaper. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries, and this block is shown only when both countries are covered. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Energy prices for household consumers, bi-annual data (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas) · 2025-S2 · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Consumption bands: electricity band DC, 2 500-4 999 kWh a year; gas band D2, 20-199 GJ a year; both including all taxes and levies. Prices are in euro and reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries, because the reuse terms do not extend to data about other countries. Prices are per kilowatt-hour for a typical household band, including all taxes and levies, as published. Where a country has not reported the latest half-year, its most recent reported half-year is used and named in the row. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: The World Bank · World Development Indicators, household final consumption expenditure per capita · spending per person converted to a month, in current US dollars · accessed not recorded — collected before the plugin stored provenance in the file · data.worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0, reuse subject to the World Bank Dataset Terms of Use. Used only as the starting point of the cost planner; the split by category uses the International Comparison Program 2021 ratios listed above, and household size is scaled on the OECD-modified equivalence scale. Note: The monthly figure and the flag marking an estimated year are Costely calculations. The World Bank does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Current Employment Statistics, national — average weekly earnings of all employees, total private, CES0500000011 · retrieved 14 August 2026 via the BLS Public Data API · bls.gov/ces · work of the U.S. Government, public domain — free to reuse, including commercially. The monthly figure is a Costely conversion from weekly earnings. Note: this is an average, while the European figures are medians, so the two are not measured the same way; averages sit above medians. BLS.gov cannot vouch for data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. The BLS does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: Statistics Canada · Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, table 14-10-0223-01, vector 79311153 — average weekly earnings including overtime, all employees, industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses, seasonally adjusted · May 2026 · accessed 14 August 2026 · www150.statcan.gc.ca · Statistics Canada Open Licence — reuse and redistribution permitted, including commercially, with acknowledgement of source. Reproduced and distributed on an “as is” basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. The published value is weekly; the monthly figure and the conversion to US dollars are Costely calculations. Note: this is a mean, unlike the Eurostat medians. Statistics Canada does not endorse this website.