Travel Risk Atlas

Malta

Southern Europe · Capital Valletta

Level 1 United States Exercise Normal Precautions FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 1 Canada Take normal security precautions AA Germany No warning in force

Each opens that government's own advisory for Malta — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

10.4 Very low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 19th safest of 220
sailing boat lot
Photo: Mike Nahlii / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Malta as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Attard — No specific warningBalzan — No specific warningBirgu — No specific warningBirkirkara — No specific warningBirżebbuġa — No specific warningCospicua — No specific warningDingli — No specific warningFgura — No specific warningFloriana — No specific warningFontana, Gozo — No specific warningGudja — No specific warningGħajnsielem — No specific warningGħarb — No specific warningGħargħur — No specific warningGħasri — No specific warningGħaxaq — No specific warningGżira — No specific warningIklin — No specific warningIsla — No specific warningKalkara — No specific warningKerċem — No specific warningKirkop — No specific warningLija — No specific warningLuqa — No specific warningMarsaskala — No specific warningMarsaxlokk — No specific warningMarsa — No specific warningMdina — No specific warningMellieħa — No specific warningMosta — No specific warningMqabba — No specific warningMsida — No specific warningMtarfa — No specific warningMunxar — No specific warningMġarr — No specific warningNadur — No specific warningNaxxar — No specific warningPaola — No specific warningPembroke — No specific warningPietà — No specific warningQala — No specific warningQormi — No specific warningQrendi — No specific warningRabat — No specific warningSafi — No specific warningSan Giljan — No specific warningSan Lawrenz — No specific warningSan Pawl il-Bahar — No specific warningSan Ġwann — No specific warningSannat — No specific warningSanta Luċija — No specific warningSanta Venera — No specific warningSiġġiewi — No specific warningSliema — No specific warningSwieqi — No specific warningTa' Xbiex — No specific warningTarxien — No specific warningValletta — No specific warningVictoria — No specific warningXagħra — No specific warningXewkija — No specific warningXgħajra — No specific warningĦamrun — No specific warningŻabbar — No specific warningŻebbuġ — No specific warningŻebbuġ — No specific warningŻejtun — No specific warningŻurrieq — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole country — No specific warning. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Political stability
10% of score
28/100
51st of 220
Crime
15% of score
26/100
61st of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly tsunami
18/100
11th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
8/100
27th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
7/100
29th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
18th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
0/100
3rd of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
56/100

Biggest factor here: political stability. Risk of unrest, coups and abrupt instability disrupting a trip.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
112
Single European emergency number — police, fire and ambulance, free from any phone
Currency
EUR €
Euro — no conversion from the eurozone
Languages
English
Maltese
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
580k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Valletta
Driving
On the left
4.1 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type G
220-240V
Safely managed water
100%
Widely available · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+356
GDP per capita
$48k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
3.5m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Valletta, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around May to November.

Daytime high mild warm hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Malta:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.