Valletta - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the overall climate: is it extremely hot or cold, wet or dry, at any time of year, for example?
It is temperate and sunny year-round. Summers are warmer (mid 80s F) and winters are cooler (about 40 degrees F), and you can't ask for a better place to live. Some years you will be swimming at the beach on Christmas. Winter is the greenest time of year, when all the wildflowers come out. The climate is dry most of the time and good for growing grapes. - May 2023
Winters are mild but can be chilly due to the wind. It is windy here a lot of the time. Summer does get hot and humid. If you don't like cold weather, this is a good place to be. - Oct 2018
Very hot in summer. Very nice in spring/fall. Winter here is really just a rainy season. It gets maybe low 50s, high 40s F when it's cold. But, everything is made of stone, so you can get that cold, dampness during the winter that's hard to counter since the limestone just sucks in the moisture. Most Americans have space heaters and you maybe throw on a sweater at times. Many houses don't have central heat/air because of the Mediterranean climate. Most places have split packs, which are really supplemental units, but you sometimes have to run them quite a bit in both summer and winter to stay cool and warm. - Sep 2016
We arrived in October to warm days (some A/C needed) and ocean/pool swimming. The sea is warm in the fall. Winter has been mild in our eyes, with some windy, rainy or cold days, but in general blue skies which override any yuck weather. We did buy winter coats for the kids to use occasionally, as it is very damp here in winter and all the homes are built of stone. Often it is warmer outside than inside. We have heard summers are hot, but there is generally breeze. We lived in Bangladesh and Houston, so not really thinking an island in the middle of the Mediterranean could out do them for heat and unpleasantness. - Jan 2014
Not bad. - Feb 2010
Very hot and dry most of the year. Winter (November - March) is damp, windy, and chilly. - Feb 2010
Great climate -- a bit windy during the winter and a few months of hot weather, but otherwise, fantastic. - Jul 2009
