Climate averages 1991–2020
Valletta weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Valletta: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ragusa (116 km away). In March its highs average 13.6°C, 1.8°C cooler than Valletta, with 52 mm of rain.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ragusa in MarchItaly · 116 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Gela in MarchItaly · 133 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Siracusa in MarchItaly · 148 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Catania in MarchItaly · 184 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in MarchItaly · 266 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Palermo in MarchItaly · 267 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Messina in MarchItaly · 271 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Marsala in MarchItaly · 281 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 51 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.