I have (or rather tried to) live on Malta from September to June (aprox school year for my child) and ... it was so bad experience that I can't imagine to visit MLA airport anytime in the future again
It was cold, rainy, windy ... awful experience. I mean really cold - not outside but inside the "apartment" with thin walls, no central heating. We had to sleep in one bed, use the oil heater in one room, then work, live, eat ... only in the kitchen. Having a bath ... no way. Heater. Need to use the toilet? Run! "Apartments" on the island are jokes. Block of flats everywhere. No community parts. Dirty. Cars parked everywhere. Dog sh*t EVERYWHERE! And all this with astronomical rental prices. Pfff ...
Maybe Malta has its own "climate". But I can't imagine how it's possible to just "want" to live there. Oh, maybe for the taxes ...
Canarias are completely opposite. Meaning weather, joy of life, greatness of the place .. and taxes.