Climate averages 1991–2020

Valletta weather
in January.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 14.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 12.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 54 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cool month in Valletta: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ragusa (116 km away). In January its highs average 11.2°C, 3.4°C cooler than Valletta, with 64 mm of rain.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 50 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Valletta, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Valletta

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 limits

How 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.