Valletta weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇹 Malta · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Valletta is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with June and August close behind. Valletta averages about 3,046 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,046
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 587 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- 73 m
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When is the best time to visit Valletta?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Valletta is July, then June and August. The dullest month is February (43/100, 65 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Valletta?
Valletta is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,046 hours of sunshine a year. 53 Sunshine Score points separate July (96) from February (43), so the month you pick matters. It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Malta. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 44% of the annual 587 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 13° / 55°F | 74 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| February | 43 | 14° / 57°F | 13° / 55°F | 65 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| March | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 14° / 57°F | 51 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 61 | 16° / 61°F | 15° / 59°F | 33 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| May | 86 | 19° / 66°F | 18° / 64°F | 17 mm | 8 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 21° / 70°F | 11 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 24° / 75°F | 4 mm | 10 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 10 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| September | 86 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 63 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| October | 82 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 82 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 80 | 20° / 68°F | 18° / 64°F | 95 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 62 | 17° / 63°F | 15° / 59°F | 82 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Valletta by month
The sea off Valletta is warmest in August at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in February at 16°C / 61°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Comiso Italy · 128 km · best in Jun · 3,021 h sun/yr
- Lampedusa Italy · 174 km · best in Jul · 3,136 h sun/yr
- Catania Italy · 187 km · best in Jun · 2,786 h sun/yr
- Reggio Calabria Italy · 268 km · best in Jul · 2,786 h sun/yr
- Palermo Italy · 287 km · best in Jul · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Trapani (TP) Italy · 291 km · best in Jul · 2,928 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pantelleria (TP) Italy · 250 km · 2,930 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Valletta compares month by month: Valletta vs Tripoli · Valletta vs Catania · Valletta vs Paphos · Valletta vs Comiso · all comparisons
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