Best time to go to, climate and weather Italy

Best time to visit and weather Italy

The best time to go to Italy is from march until october, in which you have a soft till hot temperature and barely till mediocre rainfall. The highest average temperature in Italy is 32° in july and the lowest is 12° in january.

If you want to know what the average temperature is in Italy or when most rain or snow falls, you can find it quickly below. That way you are well prepared.

Average temperature and rainfall per month for Italy
	Max temp	Precip
Jan	12°	103 mm
Feb	13°	112 mm
Mar	16°	87 mm
Apr	20°	62 mm
May	23°	57 mm
Jun	28°	48 mm
Jul	32°	27 mm
Aug	32°	15 mm
Sep	28°	84 mm
Oct	23°	111 mm
Nov	18°	138 mm
Dec	14°	93 mm

No or hardly any rainfall
Little rainfall
Sometimes rainfall
Regular rainfall
Often rainfall
Almost always rainfall

Want to know more about the climate of Italy? Go to the full climate information about Italy

Best travel months

What a nice travel month for someone is can vary per type of traveler. That is why we also have the best time to go to Italy indicated per type of trip. Do you like warm or cold, sun or snow? Below you will immediately find the most suitable travel months for Italy.

Best warm months
	General	Sunproof	Warm
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

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Holiday Italy

Hotels and apartments in Italy

If you do not want to book a package tour, you can use Booking.com for the cheapest hotels, apartments and other accommodations in Italy

Flight tickets to Italy

Through our partners below you will find the cheapest flight tickets for Italy. Click on a logo to go to the website or take a look on Skyscanner for the cheapeast flight tickets from all the airline companies.

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Climate Italy

In Italy there are 3 types of climates prevailing, namely the cold semi-arid climate, temperate oceanic climate and hot-summer mediterranean climate. The average annual temperature for Italy is 21° degrees and there is 935 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 177 days a year with an average humidity of 70% and an UV-index of 5.

Below you can find the average temperature, rainfall and the number of dry and sunny days for Rome in Italy per month.

	Average max °C	Average min °C	MM rain	Rain days	Dry days	Wind force in Bft	Average UV-index
Jan	12°	6°	103 mm	16	15	3	3
Feb	13°	6°	112 mm	16	12	3	3
Mar	16°	9°	87 mm	15	16	3	5
Apr	20°	14°	62 mm	14	16	2	5
May	23°	17°	57 mm	13	18	2	5
Jun	28°	22°	48 mm	10	20	2	7
Jul	32°	26°	27 mm	8	23	2	8
Aug	32°	26°	15 mm	5	26	2	7
Sep	28°	21°	84 mm	13	17	2	6
Oct	23°	16°	111 mm	14	17	2	5
Nov	18°	12°	138 mm	14	16	3	4
Dec	14°	8°	93 mm	13	18	2	3

Climate per month

Weather in january
On average, it is maximum 12° in january in Italy and at least around 6° degrees. In january there are 16 days of rainfall with a total of 103 mm and the it will be dry 15 days this month in Italy.

Weather in february
On average, it is maximum 13° in february in Italy and at least around 6° degrees. In february there are 16 days of rainfall with a total of 112 mm and the it will be dry 12 days this month in Italy.

Weather in march
On average, it is maximum 16° in march in Italy and at least around 9° degrees. In march there are 15 days of rainfall with a total of 87 mm and the it will be dry 16 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in april
On average, it is maximum 20° in april in Italy and at least around 14° degrees. In april there are 14 days of rainfall with a total of 62 mm and the it will be dry 16 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in may
On average, it is maximum 23° in may in Italy and at least around 17° degrees. In may there are 13 days of rainfall with a total of 57 mm and the it will be dry 18 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in june
On average, it is maximum 28° in june in Italy and at least around 22° degrees. In june there are 10 days of rainfall with a total of 48 mm and the it will be dry 20 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in july
On average, it is maximum 32° in july in Italy and at least around 26° degrees. In july there are 8 days of rainfall with a total of 27 mm and the it will be dry 23 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in august
On average, it is maximum 32° in august in Italy and at least around 26° degrees. In august there are 5 days of rainfall with a total of 15 mm and the it will be dry 26 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in september
On average, it is maximum 28° in september in Italy and at least around 21° degrees. In september there are 13 days of rainfall with a total of 84 mm and the it will be dry 17 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in october
On average, it is maximum 23° in october in Italy and at least around 16° degrees. In october there are 14 days of rainfall with a total of 111 mm and the it will be dry 17 days this month in Italy.

Suitable month for: road trip • walking and cycling holiday

Weather in november
On average, it is maximum 18° in november in Italy and at least around 12° degrees. In november there are 14 days of rainfall with a total of 138 mm and the it will be dry 16 days this month in Italy.

Weather in december
On average, it is maximum 14° in december in Italy and at least around 8° degrees. In december there are 13 days of rainfall with a total of 93 mm and the it will be dry 18 days this month in Italy.

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Weather statistics Italy

View all weather statistics from Italy per month. In our graph you see the temperatures and the amount of rainfall on average in a given month. We also offer a comparison of the average temperatures and rainfall between Italy and United Kingdom.

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Weather forecast Italy

14 day weather forecast Italy

The weather for Rome in Italy will be 10° till 13° degrees in the next 14 days with a few days chance of light rain showers or a quite a few rain.

Weather forecast this week
	Su16 Dec	Mo17 Dec	Tu18 Dec	We19 Dec	Th20 Dec	Fr21 Dec	Sa22 Dec

Max (°C)	8°	10°	11°	10°	14°	12°	13°
Min (°C)	1°	6°	4°	2°	6°	6°	5°

Rainfall and quantity
Rainfall (%)	30%	70%	0%	0%	50%	30%	0%
Rainfall (mm)	2.4mm	15.4mm	0mm	0mm	6.0mm	2.9mm	0mm
UV-index
UV-index	3	3	5	2	3	4	3

Weather forecast next week
	Su23 Dec	Mo24 Dec	Tu25 Dec	We26 Dec	Th27 Dec	Fr28 Dec	Sa29 Dec

Max (°C)	14°	15°	16°	12°	13°	13°	13°
Min (°C)	7°	10°	11°	7°	5°	5°	5°

Rainfall and quantity
Rainfall (%)	0%	15%	15%	15%	0%	0%	0%
Rainfall (mm)	0mm	0.3mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0mm	0mm	0mm
UV-index
UV-index	2	2	3	4	4	4	4

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About Italy

Italy is in the continental part Europa and the capital is Rome. It is 301.230 km² with 7.600 km of coastline and has a population of 60.483.973. In terms of area, the country is 1,5x as big as United Kingdom. If you want to call Italy you have to use +39 or 0039 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +395012457809 or 00395012457809.

Italy is in a straight line at 1.433 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 2 hour and 25 min. If you are going to drive here by car, then the route is 1864 km from London to the capital city Rome and you are about 18 minutes and 40 minutes on your way without stops and delay..

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Islands Italy

Sicily

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Time difference Italy

In Italy it is now 20:38 hour in the evening on sunday 16 december 2018. That is 1 hour later than in United Kingdom. The time zone of Italy is Europe/Rome and the Greenwich time is UTC+01.