Best time to visit Italy

Italy in this dataset covers 2 cities with distinct NASA POWER grid cells (plus nearby cities that share a cell). Annual rainfall among those cities runs from 775 mm in Rome to 985 mm in Milan. The monthly-average temperature swing is 19.0–20.2°C depending on the city.

Italy is not one climate: the cities here include a continental climate with a wide temperature swing; a Mediterranean pattern: dry summers and wetter winters.

Regional contrasts in Italy

The hottest peak in the sample is Rome in August (26.5°C). The coldest monthly average is Milan in January (3.5°C). Milan takes the most rain (985 mm a year, wettest in November); Rome takes the least (775 mm).

Warmest-month averages in the set range from 23.7°C to 26.5°C. Use the city pages for the month-by-month table; this page is the contrast between places.

Best months by region

Italy: typical hottest-month average 25.1°C and about 880 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Milan (June, July, and August); Rome (June, July, and August).

Milan in Italy

Milan sits at 45.46°, 9.19°. It is a continental climate with a wide temperature swing. July is the warmest month at 23.7°C (high 28.8°C); January is the coolest at 3.5°C (low -0.1°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 20.2°C.

The wet season runs from October to November. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, July, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,371,498. The wettest month is November (137 mm, 11 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is January (47 mm).

Rome in Italy

Rome sits at 41.89°, 12.51°. It is a Mediterranean pattern: dry summers and wetter winters. August is the warmest month at 26.5°C (high 32.3°C); January is the coolest at 7.5°C (low 3.6°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 19.0°C.

The wet season runs from November to December. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, July, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 2,318,895. The wettest month is November (114 mm, 13 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is July (26 mm).