Average Sunshine in Italy for December

The tables below give December 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 7 am and the evening is for 7 pm local time, Central European 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 December sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
74	Bologna	13	13
96	Bolzano	17	19
	Cervia	11	12
109	Monte Cimone	16	16
	Paganella	19	19
	Passo Rolle	20	19
	Rimini	11	11
	Tarvisio	16	17
84	Trieste	15	14
78	Venice (Venezia)	15	15
	Verona	12	12
	Vicenza	14	15

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sun in December

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	16	15
	Brescia	11	11
112	Genoa (Genova)	16	15
59	Milan (Milano)	11	13
109	Turin (Torino)	18	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 December sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
74	Ancona	11	20
	Arezzo	13	14
	Civitavecchia	16	16
	Florence (Firenze)	13	15
	Monte Argentario	16	16
96	Monte Terminillo	15	14
	Perugia	12	13
93	Pisa	14	15
	Ponza Island	17	18
	Rome (Roma)	16	17
	Volterra	13	12

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 December on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	16	16
118	Capo Palinuro	16	16
	Foggia	15	16
	Lecce	15	17
105	Naples (Napoli)	16	16
90	Pescara	15	14
	Reggio Calabria	17	16
	Santa Maria di Leuca	16	16
	Termoli	14	14

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 December

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
115	Alghero, Sardinia	18	16
127	Cagliari, Sardinia	18	17
	Catania, Sicily	18	17
112	Messina, Sicily	12	13
	Palermo, Sicily	15	15
124	Pantelleria Island	16	15
124	Ustica Island	15	15