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Best time to visit Malta

Malta · 35.90°N 14.51°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Malta is March to June and October to November, when mean temperatures run from 14 °C57 °F to 24 °C75 °F and rainfall runs 0–80 mm0–3.1 in a month.

Rain comes in the winter half of the year — December averages 104 mm4.1 in — while February to September is dry, with June down to under 8 mm0.3 in. August is the hottest month at 27 °C81 °F and January the coldest at 13 °C55 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 35.90, 14.51 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Malta weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: March to June and October to November.

Open Malta on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
13°55°JAN883.513°55°FEB562.214°57°MAR401.616°61°APR240.920°67°MAY80.324°74°JUN0026°79°JUL0027°81°AUG80.325°76°SEP401.622°71°OCT803.118°64°NOV803.115°58°DEC1044.1
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Malta's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January883.51355showerstoo cold
February562.21355drytoo cold
March401.61457drygood
April240.91661drygood
May80.32067drygood
June002474drygood
July002679drytoo hot
August80.32781drytoo hot
September401.62576drytoo hot
October803.12271showersgood
November803.11864showersgood
December1044.11558rainytoo rainy

When to go to Malta, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersMarch to June and October to November
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJuly to September
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersJuly to September
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonJanuary to February
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Malta?

Yes. Rain comes in the winter half of the year — December averages 104 mm4.1 in — while February to September is dry, with June down to under 8 mm0.3 in.

August is the hottest month at 27 °C81 °F and January the coldest at 13 °C55 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 528 mm21 in.

Where to go instead when Malta doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Malta doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.