Valletta climate

Name: Valletta
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Valletta is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 11 °C. December is the wettest month (70 mm) and July the driest (0.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Valletta averages 384 mm of rain and 95 days above 25 °C.

Malta · population 6,794 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 28 °C
Coldest month February 11 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 70 mm
Least cloud July 3 % cloud
Hottest on record July 36 °C
Coldest on record February 3.1 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectValletta through the year

Valletta has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in February to 28 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 70 mm against 0 mm in July — 147 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Valletta is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in March at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.6 °C	54 mm	47 %
February	14.4 °C	50 mm	43 %
March	15.5 °C	32 mm	38 %
April	17.3 °C	15 mm	35 %
May	20.5 °C	6 mm	28 %
June	24.4 °C	2 mm	15 %
July	27.2 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
August	28.1 °C	3 mm	7 %
September	25.9 °C	34 mm	27 %
October	23.1 °C	49 mm	41 %
November	19.6 °C	67 mm	47 %
December	16.2 °C	70 mm	48 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.6 °C	11.9 °C	13.4 °C	18.8 °C	6.2 °C	0	0
February	14.4 °C	11.4 °C	13.0 °C	19.1 °C	3.1 °C	0	0
March	15.5 °C	12.4 °C	14.1 °C	21.6 °C	7.0 °C	0	0
April	17.3 °C	14.1 °C	15.8 °C	23.0 °C	9.4 °C	0	0
May	20.5 °C	17.0 °C	18.8 °C	28.9 °C	12.1 °C	0	0
June	24.4 °C	20.6 °C	22.6 °C	34.3 °C	15.3 °C	10	1
July	27.2 °C	23.4 °C	25.4 °C	35.8 °C	18.8 °C	29	2
August	28.1 °C	24.5 °C	26.3 °C	35.0 °C	20.9 °C	31	3
September	25.9 °C	22.9 °C	24.5 °C	32.0 °C	18.9 °C	21	0
October	23.1 °C	20.1 °C	21.7 °C	32.2 °C	13.2 °C	4	0
November	19.6 °C	16.7 °C	18.3 °C	25.6 °C	9.8 °C	0	0
December	16.2 °C	13.6 °C	15.0 °C	22.5 °C	5.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	54 mm	9	10.0 h/day	47 %	72 %	34 km/h	16.1 °C
February	50 mm	8	11 h/day	43 %	72 %	35 km/h	15.4 °C
March	32 mm	5	12 h/day	38 %	75 %	33 km/h	15.3 °C
April	15 mm	3	13 h/day	35 %	77 %	31 km/h	16.2 °C
May	6 mm	1	14 h/day	28 %	78 %	27 km/h	18.5 °C
June	2 mm	0	15 h/day	15 %	77 %	23 km/h	22.1 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	75 %	21 km/h	25.1 °C
August	3 mm	1	14 h/day	7 %	75 %	20 km/h	26.5 °C
September	34 mm	4	12 h/day	27 %	73 %	24 km/h	25.6 °C
October	49 mm	6	11 h/day	41 %	74 %	27 km/h	23.6 °C
November	67 mm	9	10 h/day	47 %	72 %	31 km/h	21.0 °C
December	70 mm	10	9.7 h/day	48 %	70 %	34 km/h	18.0 °C

How Valletta compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Valletta	28 °C	11 °C	384 mm	95
Catania · Italy	32 °C	7.2 °C	564 mm	130
Reggio Calabria · Italy	31 °C	6.7 °C	1,041 mm	113
Palermo · Italy	30 °C	8.4 °C	625 mm	119
Messina · Italy	30 °C	8.3 °C	940 mm	108

Where Valletta ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	1stof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in July	1stof 50	100/100
The driest places in Europe in July	1stof 50	0.5 mm
The driest places in Europe in June	1stof 50	2.4 mm
The driest places in Europe in May	1stof 50	6.2 mm
Best beach destinations in Europe in August	2ndof 50	99/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Valletta.

QuestionsCommon questions about Valletta’s climate

When is the best time to visit Valletta?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Valletta get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 5 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Valletta?

December, averaging 70 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 384 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Valletta rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.