Live now
25°C
Partly cloudy
- Feels like
- 28°C
- Wind
- 7 km/h S
- Humidity
- 78%
- UV
- 0 · Low
Source: Open-Meteo · Malta time
Live forecast
Sliema weather and sea today
Live weather for Sliema and what the sea is doing off Tower Road: wave height, sea temperature, which way the wind is blowing and whether that makes the rocks a good place to swim today.
- What to wear Dress for partly cloudy conditions around 25°C.
- Best plan Partly cloudy, 25°C
Sea today
Swimming conditions in Sliema
Some swell. Take care getting in and out over the rocks.
- Waves
- 0.5 m
- Slight
- Sea temperature
- 26°C
- Wind
- 7 km/h
- Nofsinhar (south)
- Coast
- Sheltered (offshore wind)
Sliema's open coast faces north-east: winds from the north-west round to the east (Majjistral, Tramuntana, Grigal, Lvant) push waves onto the rocks, while southerly and westerly winds leave it calm. Figures are model data for the open sea just off Sliema; conditions in a particular cove can differ. Always check the water yourself before going in.
Source: Open-Meteo marine and weather forecasts · updated
Next five days
Five-day sea and weather forecast
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Today 7 Oct
Overcast
28° 23°
- Rain
- 5%
- Wind
- 18 km/h
- Waves
- 0.6 m · slight
- UV
- 6
- Sun
- 07:01–18:37
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Tomorrow 8 Oct
Partly cloudy
29° 22°
- Rain
- 0%
- Wind
- 12 km/h
- Waves
- 0.4 m · smooth
- UV
- 6
- Sun
- 07:02–18:35
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Fri 9 Oct
Overcast
29° 23°
- Rain
- 3%
- Wind
- 11 km/h
- Waves
- 0.6 m · slight
- UV
- 5
- Sun
- 07:03–18:34
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Sat 10 Oct
Overcast
26° 20°
- Rain
- 15%
- Wind
- 17 km/h, onshore
- Waves
- 1.2 m · slight
- UV
- 5
- Sun
- 07:04–18:33
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Sun 11 Oct
Overcast
26° 20°
- Rain
- 1%
- Wind
- 18 km/h, onshore
- Waves
- 1.2 m · slight
- UV
- 6
- Sun
- 07:05–18:31
Bathing water
Where to swim in Sliema
The bathing sites along Sliema's coast that the Environmental Health Directorate samples through the bathing season (May to October), with their official EU water quality rating. All face the open sea, so today's sea outlook applies to each of them. See Sliema beaches for tips on swimming off the rocks and the nearest sandy beaches.
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Exiles
No closureTower Road
- Water quality
- Excellent (2025)
- Sampling points
- B10, B11
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Fond Għadir
No closureTower Road
- Water quality
- Excellent (2025)
- Sampling points
- B12
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By the Sliema Pitch
No closureTower Road
- Water quality
- Excellent (2025)
- Sampling points
- B13
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Qui-Si-Sana
No closuretowards Tigné
- Water quality
- Excellent (2025)
- Sampling points
- B14, B15
Recent closures
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Qui-Si-Sana: bathing prohibited
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Fond Għadir: health advisory
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Fond Għadir: bathing prohibited
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Qui-Si-Sana: bathing prohibited
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Fond Għadir: bathing prohibited
Ratings: European Environment Agency bathing water data. Closures and advisories: Environmental Health Directorate notices and news reports, checked 29 September 2026. Always follow the notice boards at the beach.
Before you go
Warnings and the ferry
Sliema–Valletta ferry
RunningThe ferry is operating, summer schedule. Rough seas can suspend the service; check before you travel.
Planning a trip
Sliema weather by month
What the weather and sea are usually like in Sliema through the year. These are long-term averages, not a forecast: for the next few days, see the five-day forecast above.
| Month | Average high | Average low | Sea | Days with rain | Sunshine a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 9°C | 17°C | 11 | 5.1 hours |
| February | 16°C | 9°C | 16°C | 8 | 6 hours |
| March | 17°C | 10°C | 16°C | 6 | 7.4 hours |
| April | 19°C | 12°C | 17°C | 4 | 8.2 hours |
| May | 23°C | 15°C | 19°C | 2 | 9.7 hours |
| June | 28°C | 18°C | 24°C | 1 | 10.9 hours |
| July | 31°C | 21°C | 27°C | Under 1 | 11.8 hours |
| August | 31°C | 22°C | 27°C | 1 | 10.9 hours |
| September | 28°C | 20°C | 27°C | 3 | 8.7 hours |
| October This month | 24°C | 17°C | 24°C | 8 | 7.1 hours |
| November | 20°C | 14°C | 22°C | 8 | 6.1 hours |
| December | 17°C | 11°C | 19°C | 11 | 5 hours |
Winter (December to February) is mild: daytime highs of about 15–17°C and nights around 9–11°C. It is also the wettest time of year, with rain on 8–11 days a month, and the sea is at its coolest at about 16–19°C.
Spring (March to May) warms steadily from about 17°C to 23°C by day, and rain becomes rare by May. The sea lags behind the air and stays cool, around 16–19°C, until late May.
Summer (June to August) is hot, sunny and almost completely dry, with highs of about 28–31°C, warm nights above 18°C and 11–12 hours of sunshine a day. The sea reaches about 27°C in July and August.
Autumn (September to November) stays warm. The sea is still about 27°C in September and 24°C in October, so the swimming season runs well past summer. Rain returns from October, which averages about 90 mm over 8 rainy days.
Malta has been warming, so recent years have often been warmer than these 1961–1990 air averages, and summer heatwaves can push temperatures past 40°C: the highest reading at Luqa in the same records is 42.7°C.
Air temperature, rain (days with at least 1 mm) and sunshine: Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Weather Service) climate table for Luqa airport, about 7 km south-west of Sliema, 1961–1990 averages. Sea temperature: Open-Meteo marine model, open sea off Malta's north-east coast, 2023–2025 average.