Weather
The climate in Malta from September to June generally ranges from the very sunny and mild to the relatively wet and windy and the chances of snow, ice and frost are probably a million-to-one. The warm weather generally lasts well into November. Locals will swim in October and overseas visitors have been known to don their bathers even later in the year. Malta’s annual Indian summer, known locally as the summer of St Martin, normally occurs around the saint’s feast day in mid-November and this is the ideal time for long walks, especially amongst the hills, valleys and country chapels on the northwest coast of the island.
While winter average temperatures do drop to some 10 degrees around January and February, these colder patches are punctuated with highs of 18 to 20 degrees on the many gloriously bright days of winter when Malta, and Gozo, look their sparkling best.
By March spring is generally in the air and by Easter coats and scarves are well and truly packed away for the year. The average number of daily hours of sunshine in winter is over 6 whilst annual rainfall in Malta is relatively low with 600mm (24 inches) per annum, with almost a third of that generally falling between the third week of November and the end of the year.
While winter average temperatures do drop to some 10 degrees around January and February, these colder patches are punctuated with highs of 18 to 20 degrees on the many gloriously bright days of winter when Malta, and Gozo, look their sparkling best.
By March spring is generally in the air and by Easter coats and scarves are well and truly packed away for the year. The average number of daily hours of sunshine in winter is over 6 whilst annual rainfall in Malta is relatively low with 600mm (24 inches) per annum, with almost a third of that generally falling between the third week of November and the end of the year.