Average Sunshine in Italy for August

The tables below give August 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 August sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
260	Bologna	23	22
214	Bolzano	18	16
	Cervia	22	21
214	Monte Cimone	22	17
	Paganella	15	13
	Passo Rolle	19	11
	Rimini	23	22
	Tarvisio	16	17
260	Trieste	22	21
257	Venice (Venezia)	21	21
	Verona	19	20
	Vicenza	20	20

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sun in August

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	17	19
	Brescia	19	20
267	Genoa (Genova)	20	20
251	Milan (Milano)	20	21
223	Turin (Torino)	17	18

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 August sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
310	Ancona	23	8
	Arezzo	23	18
	Civitavecchia	22	21
	Florence (Firenze)	21	23
	Monte Argentario	21	23
248	Monte Terminillo	25	16
	Perugia	23	20
279	Pisa	21	22
	Ponza Island	27	27
	Rome (Roma)	27	26
	Volterra	22	21

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 August on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	27	24
319	Capo Palinuro	26	25
	Foggia	25	21
	Lecce	26	25
295	Naples (Napoli)	25	24
276	Pescara	24	19
	Reggio Calabria	28	27
	Santa Maria di Leuca	26	26
	Termoli	24	21

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 August

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
316	Alghero, Sardinia	25	26
310	Cagliari, Sardinia	26	26
	Catania, Sicily	29	26
307	Messina, Sicily	25	24
	Palermo, Sicily	28	26
310	Pantelleria Island	24	26
316	Ustica Island	27	27