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Italy · Month guide
Italy in May
Around 20 °C with 115 mm of rain and 7.4 hours of sun a day.
May is a solid shoulder-season month in Italy. Around 20 °C with 115 mm of rain and 7.4 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.
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Italy · May
What the weather usually does
Italy · typical month
- Day / night11 – 20 °CYear range 2 – 28 °C
- Rainfall115 mmYear range 63 – 124 mm
- Sunshine7.4 hr / dayYear range 4.0 – 9.0 hr / day
What’s open · May
Things to do in Italy in May
Nothing is closed in May, but 1 thing below is weather-dependent.
- LimitedStelvio Pass
the opening and closing months; the exact dates move with the snow
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, italyplanner.com
- OpenSummer skiing at Stelvio
the edges of the summer glacier season
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.
110 regions · current month
Italy, taken apart
- Agrigento23°C now · 14–31 °C yr
- Alessandria21°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Ancona21°C now · 10–30 °C yr
- Aosta9°C now · -4–18 °C yr
- Arezzo20°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Ascoli Piceno19°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Asti22°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Avellino20°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Bari22°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Barletta-Andria-Trani23°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Belluno14°C now · 1–21 °C yr
- Benevento21°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Bergamo18°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Biella18°C now · 6–25 °C yr
- Bologna22°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Brescia18°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Brindisi23°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Cagliari23°C now · 14–32 °C yr
- Caltanissetta23°C now · 13–32 °C yr
- Campobasso20°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Carbonia-Iglesias24°C now · 15–32 °C yr
- Caserta21°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Catania22°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Catanzaro20°C now · 11–28 °C yr
- Chieti21°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Como18°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Cosenza20°C now · 10–28 °C yr
- Cremona23°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Crotone21°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Cuneo17°C now · 5–25 °C yr
- Enna22°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Fermo20°C now · 10–29 °C yr
- Ferrara23°C now · 9–31 °C yr
- Florence20°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Foggia23°C now · 11–32 °C yr
- Forlì-Cesena21°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Frosinone20°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Gorizia20°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Grosseto21°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Imperia17°C now · 9–25 °C yr
- Isernia18°C now · 7–27 °C yr
- L'Aquila17°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- La Spezia18°C now · 9–27 °C yr
- Latina21°C now · 12–29 °C yr
- Lecce22°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Lecco18°C now · 6–25 °C yr
- Liguria18°C now · 8–26 °C yr
- Livorno20°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Lodi23°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Lucca19°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Macerata20°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Mantua23°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Massa-Carrara18°C now · 8–26 °C yr
- Matera23°C now · 11–32 °C yr
- Medio Campidano23°C now · 14–32 °C yr
- Messina20°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Milan23°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Modena21°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Monza and Brianza21°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Naples20°C now · 12–29 °C yr
- Novara21°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Nuoro21°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Ogliastra20°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Olbia-Tempio21°C now · 13–30 °C yr
- Oristano22°C now · 13–31 °C yr
- Padua23°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Palermo21°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Parma20°C now · 7–28 °C yr
- Pavia22°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Perugia20°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Pesaro and Urbino20°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Pescara20°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Piacenza20°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Pisa21°C now · 11–30 °C yr
- Pistoia19°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Pordenone19°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Potenza20°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Prato20°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Ragusa21°C now · 14–29 °C yr
- Ravenna23°C now · 9–31 °C yr
- Reggio Calabria20°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Reggio Emilia21°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Rieti19°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Rimini20°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Rome21°C now · 12–30 °C yr
- Rovigo22°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Salerno20°C now · 10–28 °C yr
- Sassari21°C now · 13–30 °C yr
- Savona18°C now · 9–26 °C yr
- Siena21°C now · 10–31 °C yr
- Sondrio11°C now · -2–18 °C yr
- Syracuse22°C now · 14–31 °C yr
- Taranto22°C now · 12–31 °C yr
- Teramo20°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Terni22°C now · 10–31 °C yr
- Trapani23°C now · 15–31 °C yr
- Trentino14°C now · 2–21 °C yr
- Trentino-South Tyrol11°C now · -2–19 °C yr
- Treviso21°C now · 7–28 °C yr
- Trieste19°C now · 7–27 °C yr
- Turin16°C now · 4–24 °C yr
- Udine18°C now · 5–26 °C yr
- Varese21°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Venice21°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Verbano-Cusio-Ossola13°C now · 1–21 °C yr
- Vercelli19°C now · 6–26 °C yr
- Verona21°C now · 7–29 °C yr
- Vibo Valentia20°C now · 12–28 °C yr
- Vicenza19°C now · 6–27 °C yr
- Viterbo22°C now · 11–31 °C yr
Safety · 6 governments
What the governments say about Italy
Combined advisory · most-cautious-wins
Exercise increased caution
Highest level across 6 governments · Advisory last changed
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Climate at a glance · 10-year ERA5
A decade of weather, in one page
— daytime high— overnight low▬ typical range
View data table
| 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 |
View data table
| 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 |
View data table
| 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 |
— average▬ typical range
View data table
| 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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