February weather in Malta: cool nights, scattered rain and a stubborn winter

The shortest month still had plenty to say

February can look deceptively straightforward on a Malta holiday calendar. There are fewer dates, the light begins to suggest a changing season, and somebody will inevitably announce that spring is nearly here. The weather is under no obligation to attend that announcement. Our February 2025 Mosta series remained distinctly on the cool side.

The available complete days averaged 13.7°C, with an average daily high of 15.6°C and an average daily low of 11.8°C. That makes temperature differences between daytime and overnight plans worth paying attention to. A reasonable afternoon for exploring need not make a late evening equally comfortable.

This article covers 24 complete days out of the month’s 28. The gaps stay visible in the charts, and the numerical totals refer to those covered dates. There is no February 2024 series in the archive, so the comparison here is with neighbouring months in 2025, rather than with an invented previous-year result.

The warmest hour did not define the month

The highest hourly value was 17.3°C on February 1. The lowest was 10.1°C around dawn on February 23. Neither is a national record: they are the endpoints of this saved Mosta forecast series. Together with the average daily range, they show why a single headline maximum can give an incomplete impression of winter.

The average low of 11.8°C was more than three degrees below the average daily high. That is enough to make a light layer welcome after an afternoon spent moving around. A sheltered spot can also feel different from a breezy one without the forecast point itself changing temperature.

It is tempting to compare a warm photograph with a number on a weather page and decide one must be wrong. In February, both can be perfectly consistent: sunshine in a sheltered place and a cool air temperature are compatible. Your choice of exposure, timing and activity affects the experience. The archive supplies the background; it does not know whether you have secured the café table behind the wall.

A fairly steady temperature story, with some blanks

The first ten days in the Mosta temperature series averaged 13.9°C. The available dates near the end averaged about 13.6°C. This was not a month whose opening and closing periods sat on opposite sides of a dramatic warming trend.

The middle of the month needs more restraint because several dates lack complete hourly coverage. A line drawn straight through those gaps would look confident while quietly skipping part of the story. Our chart leaves the breaks intact. The available days on either side remain useful, but the missing section has not earned an opinion.

That distinction matters if you are asking about one particular week. Use the archive’s date picker to inspect a date rather than treating the overall mean as a substitute for it. A compact monthly summary is good at describing the broad temperature level; the daily series is better at showing how closely a particular stay would have resembled that summary.

Three dates give February some personality

February 1 supplies the warmest hourly temperature, February 8 the largest complete daily rainfall amount, and February 16 the strongest wind speed. Those three different measures land on three different dates. February’s most noticeable conditions were not bundled into one conveniently labelled “bad weather day”.

The rainiest date reached 21.0 mm, while the wind maximum a week later was 15.5 m/s. Compare those dates with the cooler early hours of February 23 and you have several distinct reasons to adjust an outdoor plan. The temperature icon alone would not have described all of them.

Following individual dates also makes an archive more interesting than a list of monthly averages. It lets you ask what changed, which part of the day stood out and whether another location had a similar pattern. The links below open the saved forecast at a relevant hour, so you can start with a specific example rather than searching through the calendar at random.

Rain appeared often enough to deserve a flexible plan

The 24 days with full rain coverage contained 48.7 mm in total, with eleven reaching at least 1 mm. February 8 supplied 21.0 mm—about 43% of that covered-days amount. This is a subtotal for the available dates, not a claim about the rain that fell during every hour of the month.

The distribution suggests two useful things at once. Rain appeared on a substantial share of the covered dates, but one episode still carried a large part of the total. “Several wet days” and “one especially wet day” are compatible descriptions. The rainfall bars make that easier to see than a lone monthly number.

A threshold of 1 mm helps keep the count clear, but a date below it can still include a small shower. For a future trip, read the hourly timing when the forecast becomes available. You may be able to move a long walk into a better window while keeping an indoor stop for a wetter interval. February need not become one prolonged residence beneath an umbrella.

A calmer average can still contain an energetic day

Average hourly wind speed over the covered days was 6.0 m/s, lower than January 2025’s 7.1 m/s at Mosta. That did not prevent a 15.5 m/s peak on February 16, equivalent to Beaufort force 7. Six covered dates reached at least force 6.

The average and the peak are answering different questions. One describes the general background across many hours; the other tells you about an especially lively point in the sequence. For an exposed walk or a sea excursion, the timing of the stronger spell deserves more attention than the month’s average breeze.

Think about the return journey too. A pleasant outward stroll can become a less philosophical experience if the later wind is stronger or comes from a different direction. Check the hourly sequence and the exposure of the route. If the day involves a boat, the current marine forecast and the operator’s decision remain the relevant references.

Between January’s mildness and March’s warming spells

The covered February mean of 13.7°C sat below January’s 14.9°C and March’s 15.6°C in the 2025 Mosta archive. Its average daily high was also lower than either neighbour. This gives the month a clear place in this particular winter-to-spring sequence.

The different amounts of coverage are shown alongside the numbers. January has 31 complete days, February 24 and March 29. That is enough context to use the table sensibly without turning a single year into a statement about every February. The archive is describing the season we have available.

Other location series begin during February and have fewer usable days than Mosta. Their averages in the location table therefore carry day counts of their own. Avoid reading those uneven periods as a precise contest between islands. The most dependable continuous reference for this article remains the Mosta sequence.

A February plan with room for the forecast

For a city day, combine an outdoor stretch with somewhere you would actually enjoy spending a wetter hour. Choose a flexible order for the stops. That gives the weather a say in the schedule without allowing it to cancel the whole visit before you have even arrived.

For the coast, assess wind and exposure separately from air temperature. A mild maximum does not settle the question of whether a ferry outing or a long open headland walk is appealing. Keep the clothing needed for the later hours accessible; February’s warmest number is not a promise about dinner time.

The 2025 archive’s useful message is that February rewarded attention to the details. Its general temperature level was cool, rain appeared across several available dates, and stronger winds arrived in distinct spells. You can still find plenty to do within that pattern. Just allow the phrase “spring is nearly here” to remain a hopeful observation rather than the sole structural support for your itinerary.

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