Climate · Valletta

Valletta in May

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Valletta is warm: highs near 71°F, lows near 63°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Valletta is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 17°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 43 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
71°F22°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
14h 03mon average

Is May a good time to visit Valletta?


Yes. May is one of Valletta's best months (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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 71°F in May, against 61°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in May, against 16°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in May, against 0% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in May, against 4% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

14h 03m in May, against 9h 46m to 14h 33m through the year.

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

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  1. April66°19°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May71°22°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June79°26°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Valletta sits, in May

Europe/Malta

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:57 AMsets 7:59 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 May, 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.