Average Sunshine in Italy for February

The tables below give February 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 February sunshine

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
95	Bologna	13	14
120	Bolzano	14	17
	Cervia	11	12
115	Monte Cimone	15	13
	Paganella	16	16
	Passo Rolle	17	15
	Rimini	12	12
	Tarvisio	16	17
118	Trieste	15	14
106	Venice (Venezia)	14	16
	Verona	14	15
	Vicenza	14	16

Northwestern Italy

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

Average amount of sun in February

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bergamo	15	15
	Brescia	13	15
126	Genoa (Genova)	15	14
95	Milan (Milano)	13	15
118	Turin (Torino)	15	16

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 February sun

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
95	Ancona	11	18
	Arezzo	13	15
	Civitavecchia	16	16
	Florence (Firenze)	14	14
	Monte Argentario	16	15
109	Monte Terminillo	14	12
	Perugia	13	14
120	Pisa	13	14
	Ponza Island	15	16
	Rome (Roma)	12	13
	Volterra	13	13

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 February on average

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
	Bari	14	13
132	Capo Palinuro	14	13
	Foggia	13	14
	Lecce	13	15
123	Naples (Napoli)	14	14
109	Pescara	12	11
	Reggio Calabria	15	15
	Santa Maria di Leuca	13	13
	Termoli	12	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 February

Hours	Place	Sunny Morn­ings	Clear Eve­nings
137	Alghero, Sardinia	14	13
134	Cagliari, Sardinia	14	12
	Catania, Sicily	17	15
129	Messina, Sicily	11	12
	Palermo, Sicily	14	13
137	Pantelleria Island	12	13
143	Ustica Island	15	14