Climate: Malta’s climate is strongly influenced by the sea and is typical Mediterranean. Warm most of the year. Summers are hot, dry and very sunny, the hottest months are between July and September, but the heat is tempered by cooling sea breezes.

Temperatures varies between 9,5°C in winter and 30,6°C in summer. During spring and autumn a very hot wind from Africa occasionally brings unseasonally high temperatures and humidity. This is known as the Sirocco, or, in Maltese, the Xlokk – this wind affects Greece and Italy as well; in Malta the air is generally drier because of the short sea track from the African coast.

Rain falls for very short periods, mainly in the cooler winter months. Annual rainfall is low, averaging 568 mm a year.