Climate · Valletta

Valletta in August

Hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Valletta is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 76°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Valletta is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 57 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 2% of days
Daylight
13h 28mon average

Is August a good time to visit Valletta?


A good month, just outside Valletta's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in August, against 61°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 16°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

2% of days in August, against 0% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

9% cover in August, against 4% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

13h 28m in August, against 9h 46m to 14h 33m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. July84°29°low 74°low 23°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August85°29°low 76°low 24°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September82°28°low 74°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Valletta sits, in August

Europe/Malta

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:20 AMsets 7:54 PM
Above the sea
50 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Valletta, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Valletta is our one place in Malta so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Valletta. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.