Climate averages 1991–2020
Valletta weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Valletta: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ragusa (116 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Valletta, with 15 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Valletta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 54 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 50 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 14 | 3.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 24.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 26.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 3.4 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 33 | 4.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 52 | 6.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 69 | 9.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 72 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ragusa in AugustItaly · 116 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Gela in AugustItaly · 133 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Siracusa in AugustItaly · 148 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Catania in AugustItaly · 184 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in AugustItaly · 266 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Palermo in AugustItaly · 267 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Messina in AugustItaly · 271 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Marsala in AugustItaly · 281 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 6.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Valletta) is explained once on the Valletta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.