Malta weather by month
Malta weather by month in figures: 16 °C by day in January, 32 °C in August, a sea of 26 °C in September, and 82 mm of rain in October.
Malta in November, daytime high
21 °C
| Night low | no usable record |
| Sea surface | 21 °C |
| Rain in the month | 88 mm |
| Days with 1 mm or more | 9 days |
| Daylight | 10 h 12 min |
| October, daytime high | 25 °C |
| December, daytime high | 17 °C |
Averages 1991 to 2020 at Luqa. A typical month, not a forecast. Method.
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Malta sits in the middle of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, and its small islands are surrounded by open sea. Our figures come from the Luqa station near the airport, averaged over 1991 to 2020. The summer is hot and very dry: 32 °C by day in July, 32 °C in August, and 0 days of rain in July. The sea warms to 27 °C in August and stays at 24 °C in October. Autumn and winter bring the rain, mostly in heavy showers: 61 mm in September, 82 mm in October and 97 mm in December. Winter days stay mild, around 16 °C. The night lows for autumn and winter are not shown: the Luqa record in the public daily archive is too patchy in those months to give a figure we can stand behind.
Malta weather by month at Luqa
| Month | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Rain | Wet days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16 °C | no usable record | 16 °C | 80 mm | 10 days | 10 h 00 min |
| February | 16 °C | no usable record | 15 °C | 77 mm | 9 days | 10 h 48 min |
| March | 18 °C | no usable record | 15 °C | 43 mm | 7 days | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 20 °C | 12 °C | 16 °C | 22 mm | 4 days | 13 h 06 min |
| May | 24 °C | 15 °C | 19 °C | 10 mm | 1 day | 14 h 06 min |
| June | 29 °C | 19 °C | 22 °C | 6 mm | 1 day | 14 h 36 min |
| July | 32 °C | 22 °C | 25 °C | 0 mm | 0 days | 14 h 24 min |
| August | 32 °C | 23 °C | 27 °C | 17 mm | 1 day | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 29 °C | no usable record | 26 °C | 61 mm | 4 days | 12 h 24 min |
| October | 25 °C | no usable record | 24 °C | 82 mm | 7 days | 11 h 12 min |
| November | 21 °C | no usable record | 21 °C | 88 mm | 9 days | 10 h 12 min |
| December | 17 °C | no usable record | 18 °C | 97 mm | 10 days | 9 h 42 min |
Malta in October
October is among the most searched months for Malta, and it is a month of two faces. The day is warm at 25 °C and the sea is still 24 °C, better for swimming than in June. But October is also wet, with 82 mm on about 7 days. A week usually holds a couple of stormy days and many bright ones. For comparison, Crete has 4 days of rain in October and Cyprus 2 days.
Best time to visit Malta
A daytime high of 24 °C or more and a sea of 22 °C or more: June to October. Spring is good for sightseeing in Valletta and Mdina, at 20 °C in April and 24 °C in May, with little rain. Winter is quiet and mild, cooler than the Canaries by six degrees or so.