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Valletta
Baroque capital on the Grand Harbour
27°CNow (avg)
Spring and autumn; summer is hot and busyBest time
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Valletta is Malta's UNESCO-listed baroque capital: a compact peninsula packed with fortifications, palaces, museums and grand harbour views. Dense with history and best explored on foot.
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Valletta is Malta's UNESCO-listed baroque capital: a compact peninsula packed with fortifications, palaces, museums and grand harbour views. Dense with history and best explored on foot.
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Country: MaltaLanguage: Maltese, EnglishCurrency: Euro (EUR)Time zone: CET (UTC+1)
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Valletta is Malta's UNESCO-listed baroque capital: a compact peninsula packed with fortifications, palaces, museums and grand harbour views. Dense with history and best explored on foot.
Best forHistory, architecture and culture lovers; walkers and couples
When to goSpring and autumn; summer is hot and busy
Getting aroundCompact but steep — walk it; ferries to Sliema and the Three Cities; park outside the walls
Maybe skip ifYou want a beach base or plan to drive in
Average weather · Valletta
Typical monthly temperature, humidity and rainfall.
🗓️ Best time to visit: May–Sep
Jan15°💧 74%🌧️ 74mm
Feb14°💧 76%🌧️ 65mm
Mar15°💧 80%🌧️ 51mm
Apr16°💧 83%🌧️ 33mm
May19°💧 82%🌧️ 17mm
Jun23°💧 80%🌧️ 11mm
Jul26°💧 77%🌧️ 4mm
Aug27°💧 75%🌧️ 10mm
Sep25°💧 75%🌧️ 63mm
Oct23°💧 76%🌧️ 82mm
Nov20°💧 74%🌧️ 95mm
Dec16°💧 73%🌧️ 82mm
Source: NASA POWER · Last checked Jun 20, 2026
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St John’s Co-Cathedral
The Knights of St John’s lavishly gilded Baroque cathedral, home to Caravaggio’s "The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist" — his largest canvas and the only one he signed.
Tickets on Tiqets →Upper Barrakka Gardens
The terraced gardens above the Grand Harbour, with the Saluting Battery firing its noon-day gun below — the classic panoramic view over the Three Cities.
Tickets on Tiqets →Grandmaster’s Palace and Armoury
The former seat of the Knights and later the seat of Malta’s presidency, with state rooms and one of the world’s great collections of historic arms and armour.
Tickets on Tiqets →Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum
The star-shaped fort guarding the harbour mouth, central to the 1565 Great Siege, now housing Malta’s war museum from antiquity to the George Cross.
Tickets on Tiqets →Lascaris War Rooms
The underground complex of tunnels from which the defence of Malta and the 1943 invasion of Sicily were directed, preserved as a wartime command centre.
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