Humidity Levels in Italy During January

The average humidity in January is listed below for major cities and other places throughout Italy. The tables give the month's daily averages for the highest and lowest relative humidity levels.

All the numbers here are based on weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

Relative humidity measures the actual amount of moisture in the air as a percentage of the maximum amount of moisture the air can hold.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: Northeast, Northwest, Central , South and Italy's Mediterranean Islands.

Northeastern Italy

This section takes in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. Three weather stations on the list are located at over 2000 metres (6560 feet) elevation: Paganella and Passo Rolle in the Dolomites and Monte Cimone of the Apennine Mountains.

Average relative humidity (%) in January

Place	High	Low
Bologna	93	69
Bolzano	92	49
Cervia	98	72
Monte Cimone	86	51
Paganella	79	48
Passo Rolle	80	45
Rimini	97	68
Tarvisio	95	65
Trieste	79	55
Venice (Venezia)	94	64
Verona	98	71
Vicenza	97	62

Northwestern Italy

The cities here are in the regions of Liguria, Lombardy (Lombardia) and Piedmont.

Daily high and low humidity (%) averages in January

Place	High	Low
Bergamo	92	58
Brescia	97	70
Genoa (Genova)	79	50
Milan (Milano)	96	70
Turin (Torino)	93	59

Central Italy

The regions of central Italy include Lazio and Tuscany (Toscana) along the west coast, Umbria in the interior and Marche on the east coast. The highest weather station of this group sits at 1875 metres (6150 feet) on Monte Terminillo.

Average January humidity (%)

Place	High	Low
Ancona	95	65
Arezzo	94	60
Civitavecchia	85	63
Florence (Firenze)	91	56
Monte Argentario	94	59
Monte Terminillo	90	59
Perugia	96	67
Pisa	93	57
Ponza Island	88	62
Rome (Roma)	96	58
Volterra	90	66

Southern Italy

The regions covered here make up Italy's boot, ranging from Abruzzo in the north to Calabria in the south and include Apulia (Puglia), Campania and Molise. Capo Palinuro is in the National Park of Cilento on Italy's west coast.

Average daily humidity (%) for January

Place	High	Low
Bari	91	60
Capo Palinuro	86	57
Foggia	96	62
Lecce	97	65
Naples (Napoli)	93	57
Pescara	93	54
Reggio Calabria	90	55
Santa Maria di Leuca	91	66
Termoli	91	66

Mediterranean Islands

The weather data given in this table are for the Italian islands of Sardinia (Sardegna) and Sicily (Sicilia). Also included are two smaller islands: Ustica located north of Sicily, and Pantelleria to the southwest of Sicily.

Average January humidity levels (%)

Place	High	Low
Alghero, Sardinia	93	65
Cagliari, Sardinia	96	62
Catania, Sicily	95	51
Messina, Sicily	88	58
Palermo, Sicily	83	51
Pantelleria Island	91	63
Ustica Island	94	69