🇲🇹 Weather in Valletta in January
This is what the weather in Valletta (Malta) was like in January in 2017–2026.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
15.7 °C
14.3 °C – 16.9 °C
Avg. night-time low
14.3 °C
12.7 °C – 15.5 °C
Avg. rain days in period
9.7
31 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
45.2 mm
8.4 mm – 116 mm
Avg. cloud cover
61 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 19.4 °C (10 Jan 2021) · Lowest temperature 9.1 °C (7 Jan 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 34 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 42Sunny
- 101Partly cloudy
- 70Cloudy
- 67Light rain
- 30Rain
Summary
- On average 15.7 °C during the day and 14.3 °C at night.
- On average 9.7 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 45.2 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2025 (avg. 16.9 °C), coolest: 2017 (avg. 14.3 °C).
- Wettest year: 2026 (116 mm), driest: 2020 (8.4 mm).
- Extremes: 19.4 °C on 10 Jan 2021 and 9.1 °C on 7 Jan 2017.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2026
Avg. max16.5°Avg. min15.0°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 116 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.6 °C · Min 13.0 °C
2025
Avg. max16.9°Avg. min15.5°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 27.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 54 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.1 °C · Min 13.0 °C
2024
Avg. max16.5°Avg. min15.2°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 31.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.4 °C · Min 13.3 °C
2023
Avg. max16.2°Avg. min14.8°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 35.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.2 °C · Min 12.1 °C
2022
Avg. max14.7°Avg. min13.3°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 27.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 58 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.9 °C · Min 10.6 °C
2021
Avg. max16.3°Avg. min14.6°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 45.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.4 °C · Min 12.3 °C
2020
Avg. max15.3°Avg. min14.1°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 8.4 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.6 °C · Min 11.9 °C
2019
Avg. max14.4°Avg. min12.7°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 47.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 68 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.2 °C · Min 9.8 °C
2018
Avg. max16.1°Avg. min14.9°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 27.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 57 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 17.5 °C · Min 13.0 °C
2017
Avg. max14.3°Avg. min12.8°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 86.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 71 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 16.3 °C · Min 9.1 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Valletta in January?
- Daytime highs averaged 15.7 °C, night-time lows 14.3 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 19.4 °C (10 Jan 2021), the lowest 9.1 °C (7 Jan 2017).
- How often does it rain in Valletta in January?
- On average there were 9.7 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 45.2 mm of precipitation in total.
Check your exact travel dates
Choose your travel period – we show the weather for exactly those days.
Other destinations in January
Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)