Average Sunshine in Italy for April

The tables below give April averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities and vacation spots throughout Italy.

The numbers for hours of sunshine a place gets this month are averages from 1961 to 1990. These data are available for only some locations.

The monthly totals of days with sun are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000. These are counts of the days when at least half the sky is clear of cloud. The morning figure is for 8 am and the evening is for 8 pm Central European Summer Time, which is local time.

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.

Total April sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
174	Bologna	14	14
159	Bolzano	14	13
	Cervia	14	13
126	Monte Cimone	11	8
	Paganella	12	10
	Passo Rolle	13	8
	Rimini	14	13
	Tarvisio	13	13
177	Trieste	12	12
174	Venice (Venezia)	13	14
	Verona	14	13
	Vicenza	13	14

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sun in April

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	13	13
	Brescia	13	12
192	Genoa (Genova)	12	13
177	Milan (Milano)	14	14
180	Turin (Torino)	13	14

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 April sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
177	Ancona	13	16
	Arezzo	11	10
	Civitavecchia	14	12
	Florence (Firenze)	12	12
	Monte Argentario	13	13
135	Monte Terminillo	13	6
	Perugia	13	12
192	Pisa	11	12
	Ponza Island	16	16
	Rome (Roma)	15	15
	Volterra	12	11

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.

Number of sunny hours and days in April on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	16	14
201	Capo Palinuro	14	13
	Foggia	14	13
	Lecce	15	16
189	Naples (Napoli)	13	12
192	Pescara	15	12
	Reggio Calabria	18	18
	Santa Maria di Leuca	15	15
	Termoli	14	12

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 total sunshine in April

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
216	Alghero, Sardinia	14	14
213	Cagliari, Sardinia	14	13
	Catania, Sicily	19	17
207	Messina, Sicily	13	12
	Palermo, Sicily	15	17
207	Pantelleria Island	13	14
216	Ustica Island	15	16