Average Temperatures for Italy in August

Average temperatures for August at cities and vacation spots all over Italy are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

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

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

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 August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
86 65 Bologna 30 18
83 59 Bolzano 29 15
84 62 Cervia 29 17
56 47 Monte Cimone 13 8
57 45 Paganella 14 7
59 46 Passo Rolle 15 8
83 64 Rimini 28 18
75 53 Tarvisio 24 12
82 69 Trieste 28 20
82 64 Venice (Venezia) 28 18
84 64 Verona 29 18
84 63 Vicenza 29 17

Northwestern Italy

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

Average daily temperatures in August
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
82 63 Bergamo 28 17
83 64 Brescia 29 18
82 70 Genoa (Genova) 28 21
83 64 Milan (Milano) 29 18
81 62 Turin (Torino) 27 17

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.

August temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
82 63 Ancona 28 17
86 57 Arezzo 30 14
81 70 Civitavecchia 27 21
89 64 Florence (Firenze) 32 18
79 66 Monte Argentario 26 19
63 52 Monte Terminillo 17 11
86 60 Perugia 30 16
85 63 Pisa 30 17
82 71 Ponza 28 22
89 63 Rome (Roma) 32 17
78 65 Volterra 26 18

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 August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
85 67 Bari 29 19
84 70 Capo Palinuro 29 21
89 65 Foggia 32 18
89 66 Lecce 32 19
87 66 Naples (Napoli) 30 19
84 63 Pescara 29 17
88 72 Reggio Calabria 31 22
84 71 Santa Maria di Leuca 29 22
81 71 Termoli 27 22

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 August temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
86 64 Alghero, Sardinia 30 18
87 67 Cagliari, Sardinia 31 20
92 68 Catania, Sicily 33 20
87 76 Messina, Sicily 31 24
87 73 Palermo, Sicily 31 23
84 72 Pantelleria 29 22
84 72 Ustica 29 22
Reference

Climatologia del Centro. Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica. Repubblica Italiana. Atlante climatico.

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