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Italy in August
Around 28 °C with 74 mm of rain and 8.3 hours of sun a day.
August is one of the strongest months to visit Italy. Around 28 °C with 74 mm of rain and 8.3 hours of sun a day. Use the regional grid below to find where this month works best — national averages hide the swings between coast, highlands, and inland.
Italy · typical month
- Day / night19 – 28 °CYear range 2 – 28 °C
- Rainfall74 mmYear range 63 – 124 mm
- Sunshine8.3 hr / dayYear range 4.0 – 9.0 hr / day
Things to do in Italy in August
Nothing is closed in August, and 2 things below are at their best.
- At its best
- At its bestSummer skiing at Stelvio
the glacier ski area runs through the summer; the season spans roughly May to November
Sources: powderhounds.com, mondoneve.it
Opening seasons are checked by hand against the operators and parks themselves, not derived from the climate figures on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-28. Dates move — confirm before you book.
Italy, taken apart
- Agrigento31°C now · 14–31 °C yr
- Alessandria30°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Ancona30°C now · 10–30 °C yr
- Aosta17°C now · -4–18 °C yr
- Arezzo29°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Ascoli Piceno27°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Asti30°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Avellino29°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Bari31°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Barletta-Andria-Trani31°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Belluno21°C now · 1–21 °C yr
- Benevento30°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Bergamo25°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Biella25°C now · 6–25 °C yr
- Bologna30°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Brescia25°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Brindisi31°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Cagliari32°C now · 14–32 °C yr
- Caltanissetta31°C now · 13–32 °C yr
- Campobasso29°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Carbonia-Iglesias32°C now · 15–32 °C yr
- Caserta30°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Catania30°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Catanzaro28°C now · 11–28 °C yr
- Chieti29°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Como25°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Cosenza28°C now · 10–28 °C yr
- Cremona31°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Crotone29°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Cuneo25°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Enna30°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Fermo28°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Ferrara31°C now · 9–31 °C yr
- Florence29°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Foggia31°C now · 11–32 °C yr
- Forlì-Cesena29°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Frosinone29°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Gorizia28°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Grosseto30°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Imperia25°C now · 9–25 °C yr
- Isernia27°C now · 7–27 °C yr
- L'Aquila26°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- La Spezia27°C now · 9–27 °C yr
- Latina29°C now · 12–29 °C yr
- Lecce31°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Lecco25°C now · 6–25 °C yr
- Liguria26°C now · 8–26 °C yr
- Livorno28°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Lodi31°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Lucca27°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Macerata29°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Mantua31°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Massa-Carrara26°C now · 8–26 °C yr
- Matera32°C now · 11–32 °C yr
- Medio Campidano32°C now · 14–32 °C yr
- Messina28°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Milan30°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Modena29°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Monza and Brianza29°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Naples29°C now · 12–29 °C yr
- Novara28°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Nuoro30°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Ogliastra29°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Olbia-Tempio30°C now · 13–30 °C yr
- Oristano31°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Padua30°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Palermo29°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Parma28°C now · 7–28 °C yr
- Pavia30°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Perugia30°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Pesaro and Urbino28°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Pescara28°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Piacenza28°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Pisa30°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Pistoia28°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Pordenone26°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Potenza29°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Prato29°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Ragusa29°C now · 14–29 °C yr
- Ravenna31°C now · 9–31 °C yr
- Reggio Calabria28°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Reggio Emilia29°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Rieti28°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Rimini28°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Rome30°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Rovigo30°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Salerno28°C now · 10–28 °C yr
- Sassari29°C now · 13–30 °C yr
- Savona26°C now · 9–26 °C yr
- Siena31°C now · 10–31 °C yr
- Sondrio18°C now · -2–18 °C yr
- Syracuse31°C now · 14–31 °C yr
- Taranto31°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Teramo27°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Terni31°C now · 10–31 °C yr
- Trapani31°C now · 15–31 °C yr
- Trentino21°C now · 2–21 °C yr
- Trentino-South Tyrol19°C now · -2–19 °C yr
- Treviso28°C now · 7–28 °C yr
- Trieste27°C now · 7–27 °C yr
- Turin24°C now · 4–24 °C yr
- Udine26°C now · 5–26 °C yr
- Varese28°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Venice29°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Verbano-Cusio-Ossola21°C now · 1–21 °C yr
- Vercelli26°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Verona29°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Vibo Valentia28°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Vicenza26°C now · 6–27 °C yr
- Viterbo31°C now · 11–31 °C yr
What the governments say about Italy
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A decade of weather, in one page
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| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4 | 1.7 | -2.3 | 11.9 |
| February | 10.6 | 3.1 | -1.2 | 14.1 |
| March | 12.7 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 16.8 |
| April | 16.1 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 21.6 |
| May | 19.7 | 11.5 | 8.1 | 24.8 |
| June | 25.6 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 30.0 |
| July | 28.1 | 18.6 | 15.8 | 31.4 |
| August | 28.0 | 18.6 | 15.3 | 31.8 |
| September | 23.5 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 27.1 |
| October | 18.9 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 22.7 |
| November | 13.2 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 16.8 |
| December | 9.7 | 3.2 | -0.5 | 12.6 |
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| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 72 |
| February | 75 |
| March | 86 |
| April | 82 |
| May | 115 |
| June | 75 |
| July | 63 |
| August | 74 |
| September | 92 |
| October | 106 |
| November | 124 |
| December | 83 |
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| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 4.5 |
| February | 5.5 |
| March | 6.8 |
| April | 7.7 |
| May | 7.4 |
| June | 8.8 |
| July | 9.0 |
| August | 8.3 |
| September | 6.8 |
| October | 5.6 |
| November | 4.2 |
| December | 4.0 |
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| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5 | 5.0 | 13.3 |
| February | 8.4 | 4.9 | 13.7 |
| March | 8.6 | 5.6 | 13.0 |
| April | 8.1 | 5.7 | 12.1 |
| May | 7.5 | 5.1 | 10.6 |
| June | 6.8 | 5.0 | 8.8 |
| July | 6.8 | 5.1 | 9.7 |
| August | 6.6 | 5.0 | 9.6 |
| September | 7.0 | 4.9 | 10.5 |
| October | 7.3 | 4.7 | 11.8 |
| November | 8.0 | 4.8 | 12.5 |
| December | 8.0 | 4.6 | 13.2 |
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