Malta Weather

According to a company that sells retirement homes, Malta is the country with the best climate in the world.

 Whether or not this is correct, Malta certainly has a very comfortable climate especially for holidaymakers.

Rain occurs mainly in winter, with annual rainfall as little as 568mm per year while the summer is generally dry.

Malta enjoys around 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, one of the highest in Europe, from an average of about 5 hours per day in December to an average of over 12 hours in July.

With such fine weather, tourists visit Malta to sunbathe almost all year long – except for some of the coolest winter months. The height of tourist season normally lasts from March until October. However, a number of tourists from colder countries do come to Malta, often for a longer stay, to avoid the hard ship of their winters.

Amongst all European capitals, Valletta has the warmest winters, with average temperatures of around 15 °C (59 °F) during the day and 9 °C (48 °F) at night in the months of January and February.

Water supply poses a problem on Malta, as the summer is both rainless and the time of greatest water use, and the winter rainfall often falls as heavy showers running off to the sea rather than soaking into the ground. Malta depends on underground reserves of fresh water, drawn through a system of water tunnels nearly 100m below ground level. More than half the water of Malta is produced by desalination.


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